- ἐξαμαρτάνω
- ἐξαμαρτάνω fut. 2 pl. ἐξαμαρτήσετε (Ath. 2, 4); 2 aor. ἐξήμαρτον, inf. ἐξαμαρτεῖν or ἐξαμαρτῆσαι Eccl 5:5 (Trag., Hdt. et al.; PsSol 5:16; ApcMos 13; LXX, Philo; Jos., Ant. 12, 278; 13, 71; Just., Ath. 2, 4) to miss the mark of a standard of obligation, violate a law or command, commit an offence, do wrong, sin ἐ. τι (Soph., Phil. 1012; Hdt. 3, 145 al.) Hm 6, 2, 7; ἐλάχιστον ἐ. miss the mark (of God’s expectation) by a very little Hs 8, 10, 1 (the use of the adv. ἐλάχιστον points to imagery of ‘missing the mark’; the offender or sinner comes so very close to divine approval for uprightness, but because of deficient self-control fails to hit the mark; cp. Lucian, Jupp. Trag. 20 τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐ. of deities guilty of misdeeds).
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.