Peshitta Constellations

Explore the New Testament from its Aramaic roots

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ܦܐܪ P-A-R — fruit, produce

Semantic field: fruit, yield, result of labor

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sin

Peshitta Occurrences

Form	Transliteration	Gloss	References
ܚܛܝܬܐ	ḥṭytʾ khTyth'	sin	Mark 8:38 Luke 7:37 John 8:34 John 8:46 John 9:41 John 15:22 John 15:24 John 16:8 John 16:9 Acts 7:60 Romans 3:9 Romans 3:20 Romans 5:12 Romans 5:12 Romans 5:13 Romans 5:13 Romans 5:20 Romans 5:20 Romans 5:21 Romans 6:7 ... +32
ܕܚܛܝܬܐ	dḥṭytʾ dkhTyth'	of sin	Luke 7:39 John 8:34 Acts 1:18 Romans 6:6 Romans 6:17 Romans 6:20 Romans 6:23 Romans 7:13 Romans 7:23 Romans 7:25 Romans 8:2 Romans 8:3 Romans 8:3 1 Corinthians 15:56 Galatians 2:17 2 Thessalonians 2:3 Hebrews 3:13 James 3:6
ܠܚܛܝܬܐ	lḥṭytʾ lkhTyth'	to-sin[fem]	Romans 6:2 Romans 6:6 Romans 6:10 Romans 6:11 Romans 6:13 Romans 6:16 Romans 7:7 Romans 7:14 Romans 8:3 Hebrews 9:26 1 Peter 2:24
ܚܛܝܢ	ḥṭyn khTyn	sin-them	Romans 3:25 1 John 1:10 1 John 5:16
ܚܛܝܬܗ	ḥṭyth khTythh	sin-his	John 1:29 John 19:11 Romans 4:8
ܒܚܛܝܬܐ	bḥṭytʾ bkhTyth'	in sin	Romans 6:1 Hebrews 11:25
ܘܚܛܝܬܐ	wḥṭytʾ wkhTyth'	and-sin[fem]	Romans 6:14 1 John 3:5
ܕܚܛܝܝܢ	dḥṭyyn dkhTyyn	of-sin[pl]	Luke 13:4
ܚܛܝܝܢ	ḥṭyyn khTyyn	sin[pl]	Luke 13:2

Hebrew Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
חָטָא	khata	to sin
חֲטָאָה	ḥaṭā'āh	sin
חַטָּא	ḥaṭṭā'	sinner
חֵטְא	ḥēṭ'	guilt

Arabic Cognates

Word	Transliteration	Meaning
خَطَأ	khaṭaʾ	mistake
خَطِيْئَة	khaṭī'ah	sin
خَاطِئ	khāṭi'	sinner
مَخْطُوْء	makhṭū'	erroneous