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חָטָא

cha.taH2398

to 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.

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

  1. Numbers 12:11חָטָֽאנוּwe have sinned

    and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

  2. Numbers 14:40חָטָֽאנוּwe have sinned

    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.”

  3. Numbers 15:27תֶּחֱטָ֣אit will sin

    Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.

  4. Numbers 15:28בְּחֶטְאָ֥הby sin

    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.

  5. Numbers 16:22יֶחֱטָ֔אwill he sin

    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?”

  6. Numbers 19:12יִתְחַטָּא־he will purify himself

    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.

  7. Numbers 19:12יִתְחַטָּ֜אhe will purify himself

    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.

  8. Numbers 19:13יִתְחַטָּ֗אhe will purify himself

    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.

  9. Numbers 19:19וְחִטְּאוֹ֙and he will cleanse from sin 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.

  10. Numbers 19:20יִתְחַטָּ֔אhe will purify himself

    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.

  11. Numbers 21:7חָטָ֗אנוּwe have sinned

    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.

  12. Numbers 22:34חָטָ֔אתִיI have sinned

    “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.”

  13. Numbers 31:19תִּֽתְחַטְּא֞וּyou will purify yourselves

    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.

  14. Numbers 31:20תִּתְחַטָּֽאוּ סyou will purify yourselves

    And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”

  15. Numbers 31:23יִתְחַטָּ֑אit will purify itself

    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.

  16. Numbers 32:23חֲטָאתֶ֖םyou have sinned

    But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.

  17. Deuteronomy 1:41חָטָאנוּ֮we have sinned

    “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.

  18. Deuteronomy 9:16חֲטָאתֶם֙you had sinned

    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.

  19. Deuteronomy 9:18חֲטָאתֶ֔םyou had sinned

    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.

  20. Deuteronomy 19:15יֶֽחֱטָ֑אhe will sin

    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.

  21. Deuteronomy 20:18וַחֲטָאתֶ֖םand you will sin

    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.

  22. Deuteronomy 24:4תַחֲטִיא֙you will cause to sin

    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.

  23. Joshua 7:11חָטָא֙it has sinned

    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.

  24. Joshua 7:20חָטָ֙אתִי֙I have sinned

    “It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:

  25. Judges 10:10חָטָ֣אנוּwe have sinned

    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.”

  26. Judges 10:15חָטָ֔אנוּwe have sinned

    “We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”

  27. Judges 11:27חָטָ֣אתִיI have sinned

    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.”

  28. Judges 20:16יַחֲטִֽא פhe missed

    Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.

  29. 1 Samuel 2:25יֶחֱטָ֨אhe will sin

    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.

  30. 1 Samuel 2:25יֶֽחֱטָא־he will sin

    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.

  31. 1 Samuel 7:6חָטָ֖אנוּwe have sinned

    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.

  32. 1 Samuel 12:10חָטָ֔אנוּwe have sinned

    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.’

  33. 1 Samuel 12:23מֵחֲטֹ֣אfrom sinning

    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.

  34. 1 Samuel 14:33חֹטִ֥אים[are] sinning

    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.”

  35. 1 Samuel 14:34תֶחֶטְא֥וּyou will sin

    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.

  36. 1 Samuel 15:24חָטָ֔אתִיI have sinned

    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.

  37. 1 Samuel 15:30חָטָ֔אתִיI have sinned

    “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.”

  38. 1 Samuel 19:4יֶחֱטָ֨אhe sin

    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.

  39. 1 Samuel 19:4חָטָא֙he has sinned

    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.

  40. 1 Samuel 19:5תֶֽחֱטָא֙will you sin

    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?”

  41. 1 Samuel 24:11חָטָ֣אתִיI have sinned

    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.

  42. 1 Samuel 26:21חָטָ֜אתִיI have sinned

    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!”

  43. 2 Samuel 12:13חָטָ֖אתִיI have sinned

    Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

  44. 2 Samuel 19:20חָטָ֑אתִיI have sinned

    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.”

  45. 2 Samuel 24:10חָטָ֤אתִיI have sinned

    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.”

  46. 2 Samuel 24:17חָטָ֙אתִי֙I have sinned

    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.”

  47. 1 Kings 8:31יֶחֱטָ֥אhe will sin

    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,

  48. 1 Kings 8:33יֶחֶטְאוּ־they will sin

    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,

  49. 1 Kings 8:35יֶחֶטְאוּ־they will sin

    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,

  50. 1 Kings 8:46יֶֽחֶטְאוּ־they will sin

    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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