Word study · Hebrew
חָטָא
cha.taH2398to sin
Used 238 times in the tagged text.
What it means
- to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- 1) to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to miss
- 1a2) to sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty
- 1a3) to incur guilt, incur penalty by sin, forfeit
- 1b) (Piel)
- 1b1) to bear loss
- 1b2) to make a sin-offering
- 1b3) to purify from sin
- 1b4) to purify from uncleanness
- 1c) (Hiphil)
- 1c1) to miss the mark
- 1c2) to induce to sin, cause to sin
- 1c3) to bring into guilt or condemnation or punishment
- 1d) (Hithpael)
- 1d1) to miss oneself, lose oneself, wander from the way
- 1d2) to purify oneself from uncleanness
Same idea, other words · Sin
Scripture pictures sin as missing the mark, twisting what is straight, crossing a line and lawlessness. No one word covers it.
- חָטָאchata to sinto miss the mark, to sinH2398
- עָוֺןavan iniquity: crimeiniquity, crookedness, and its guiltH5771
- פֶּ֫שַׁעpesah transgressiontransgression, rebellionH6588
- ἁμαρτίαhamartia sinsin, missing the markG0266
- ἀνομίαanomia lawlessnesslawlessnessG0458
- ἀδικίαadikia unrighteousnessunrighteousness, wrongdoingG0093
- παράπτωμαparaptōma trespasstrespass, a false stepG3900
Where it appears
- Genesis8
- Exodus10
- Leviticus30
- Numbers18
- Deuteronomy6
- Joshua2
- Judges4
- 1 Samuel14
- 2 Samuel4
- 1 Kings23
- 2 Kings18
- 1 Chronicles2
- 2 Chronicles8
- Nehemiah6
- Job12
- Psalms9
- Proverbs6
- Ecclesiastes7
- Isaiah6
- Jeremiah14
- Lamentations3
- Ezekiel16
- Daniel4
- Hosea5
- Micah1
- Habakkuk1
- Zephaniah1
Every use · 51–100 of 238 · BSB
and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.
And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the person who erred by sinning unintentionally; and when atonement has been made for him, he will be forgiven.
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.
He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.
Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.
The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.
But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.
And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”
everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.
And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
“It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,
When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
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