miss the mark in English

ot hit the target, fall short of the goal

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1. The Greek word translated “sin” comes from a root that means “to miss the mark.”

2. Apologies miss the mark when they focus on making the Apologizer, rather than the injured party, feel better

3. Our natural misalignments and daily temptations to “miss the mark” don’t go away when others scold us, humiliate us, or impose their Asceticisms on us (Col 2:21-23)

4. HAmartia (n.) "tragic flaw," Greek, literally "fault, failure, guilt, sin" from hamartanein "to fail of one's purpose; to err, sin," originally "to miss the mark," from PIE *hemert-"to miss, fail." "The aspiration must be analogical