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H2398 חָטָא (châṭâʼ) khaw-taw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

KJV Usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חָטָא (cha.ta) — to sin. 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Move | verb hit

to withdraw, to draw back = action by which a human being moves in a backward direction

JOB 41:17

verb · חֵטְא · חַטָּא · חֲטָאָה · חֶטְאָה · חַטָּאָה · חַטָּאת · חֲטָא

Fail | verb qal, verb hif

to fail, to miss, to forfeit = state in which a human being is unable to succeed in what s/he intend to do

JDG 20:16 · JOB 5:24 · PRO 8:36 · PRO 19:2 · PRO 20:2 · ISA 65:20 · HAB 2:10

Guilty | verb qal

to stand guilty, to be at fault, to bear the blame for (a specific sinful action) = state in which a human being bears the responsibility for a wrongful act against God or someone else, ► which results in a state of guilt which may require atonement, restitution, and retribution

GEN 43:9 · GEN 44:32 · EXO 5:16

Non-Possess | verb pi

to take responsibility, to bear the loss = action by which a human being takes the responsibility for something that has been killed or destroyed and makes restitution for it

GEN 31:39

Guilty | verb hif

Collocation: חטא בָּשָׂר

to bring guilt upon oneself literally: to bring guilt upon (one's) flesh; hence: = causative action by which a human being commits a wrongful act against God or someone else ► and so brings his/her own body in a state of guilt which may require atonement, restitution, and retribution

ECC 5:5

Guilty | verb hif

to bring guilt upon, to cause to be declared guilty = causative action by which a human being brings upon someone else the responsibility for a wrongful act against God or someone else, ► which brings upon that person a state of guilt which may require atonement, restitution, and retribution

DEU 24:4 · ISA 29:21

Sin | verb qal | ≈ מרד · סור · עוה · עשׂה רַע · רשׁע · רָשָׁע | ≠ עשׂה טֹוב

to sin, to commit sin = action by which a human being commits a wrongful act against God or someone else, whether or not on purpose, ► which may require atonement, restitution, and/or retribution

GEN 20:6 · GEN 20:9 · GEN 39:9 · GEN 40:1 · GEN 42:22 · EXO 9:27 · EXO 9:34 · EXO 10:16 · EXO 20:20 · EXO 32:30 · EXO 32:31 · EXO 32:33 · LEV 4:2 · LEV 4:3 · LEV 4:3 · LEV 4:14 · LEV 4:22 · LEV 4:23 · LEV 4:27 · LEV 4:28 · LEV 4:28 · LEV 4:35 · LEV 5:1 · LEV 5:5 · LEV 5:6 · LEV 5:7 · LEV 5:10 · LEV 5:11 · LEV 5:13 · LEV 5:15 · LEV 5:16 · LEV 5:17 · LEV 5:21 · LEV 5:22 · LEV 5:23 · LEV 19:22 · LEV 19:22 · NUM 6:11 · NUM 12:11 · NUM 14:40 · NUM 15:27 · NUM 16:22 · NUM 21:7 · NUM 22:34 · NUM 32:23 · DEU 1:41 · DEU 9:16 · DEU 9:18 · DEU 19:15 · DEU 20:18 · JOS 7:11 · JOS 7:20 · JDG 10:10 · JDG 10:15 · JDG 11:27 · 1SA 2:25 · 1SA 2:25 · 1SA 7:6 · 1SA 12:10 · 1SA 12:23 · 1SA 14:33 · 1SA 14:34 · 1SA 15:24 · 1SA 15:30 · 1SA 19:4 · 1SA 19:4 · 1SA 19:5 · 1SA 24:12 · 1SA 26:21 · 2SA 12:13 · 2SA 19:21 · 2SA 24:10 · 2SA 24:17 · 1KI 8:31 · 1KI 8:33 · 1KI 8:35 · 1KI 8:46 · 1KI 8:46 · 1KI 8:47 · 1KI 8:50 · 1KI 14:16 · 1KI 14:22 · 1KI 15:30 · 1KI 16:13 · 1KI 16:19 · 1KI 18:9 · 2KI 17:7 · 2KI 18:14 · 2KI 21:17 · 1CH 21:8 · 1CH 21:17 · 2CH 6:22 · 2CH 6:24 · 2CH 6:26 · 2CH 6:36 · 2CH 6:36 · 2CH 6:37 · 2CH 6:39 · NEH 1:6 · NEH 1:6 · NEH 6:13 · NEH 9:29 · NEH 13:26 · JOB 1:5 · JOB 1:22 · JOB 2:10 · JOB 7:20 · JOB 8:4 · JOB 10:14 · JOB 24:19 · JOB 31:30 · JOB 33:27 · JOB 35:6 · PSA 4:5 · PSA 39:2 · PSA 41:5 · PSA 51:6 · PSA 78:17 · PSA 78:32 · PSA 106:6 · PSA 119:11 · PRO 11:31 · PRO 13:22 · PRO 14:21 · ECC 2:26 · ECC 7:20 · ECC 7:26 · ECC 8:12 · ECC 9:2 · ECC 9:18 · ISA 1:4 · ISA 42:24 · ISA 43:27 · ISA 64:4 · JER 2:35 · JER 3:25 · JER 8:14 · JER 14:7 · JER 14:20 · JER 16:10 · JER 33:8 · JER 33:8 · JER 37:18 · JER 40:3 · JER 44:23 · JER 50:7 · JER 50:14 · LAM 1:8 · LAM 5:7 · LAM 5:16 · EZK 3:21 · EZK 3:21 · EZK 14:13 · EZK 16:51 · EZK 18:4 · EZK 18:20 · EZK 18:24 · EZK 28:16 · EZK 33:12 · EZK 33:16 · EZK 37:23 · DAN 9:5 · DAN 9:8 · DAN 9:11 · DAN 9:15 · HOS 4:7 · HOS 8:11 · HOS 8:11 · HOS 10:9 · HOS 13:2 · MIC 7:9 · ZEP 1:17

Sin | verb hif

to cause to sin, to lead to sin = action by which a human being causes or compels another human being to commit a wrongful act against God or someone else, whether on purpose or not, ► which may require atonement, restitution, and/or retribution

EXO 23:33 · 1KI 14:16 · 1KI 15:26 · 1KI 15:30 · 1KI 15:34 · 1KI 16:2 · 1KI 16:13 · 1KI 16:19 · 1KI 16:26 · 1KI 21:22 · 1KI 22:53 · 2KI 3:3 · 2KI 10:29 · 2KI 10:31 · 2KI 13:2 · 2KI 13:6 · 2KI 13:11 · 2KI 14:24 · 2KI 15:9 · 2KI 15:18 · 2KI 15:24 · 2KI 15:28 · 2KI 17:21 · 2KI 21:11 · 2KI 21:16 · 2KI 23:15 · NEH 13:26 · JER 32:35

Clean | verb hit

to purify oneself = action by which a human being performs the ritual of removing the state of guilt or uncleanness from oneself

NUM 8:21 · NUM 19:12 · NUM 19:12 · NUM 19:13 · NUM 19:20 · NUM 31:19

Clean | verb pi, verb hit, verb hit

to cleanse, to purify = causative action by which a human being performs the ritual of removing the state of guilt or uncleanness from another person or object

LEV 8:15 · LEV 14:49 · LEV 14:52 · NUM 19:19 · NUM 31:20 · NUM 31:23 · PSA 51:9 · EZK 43:20 · EZK 43:22 · EZK 43:22 · EZK 43:23 · EZK 45:18

Sacrifice | verb pi

to sacrifice as sin-offering, to present as sin-offering = action by which a human being performs the sacrificial ritual that is intended to remove the state of guilt from oneself or someone else

EXO 29:36 · LEV 6:19 · LEV 9:15 · 2CH 29:24

Reinier de Blois

noun f · חטא

Sin

sin = action by which a human being commits a wrongful act against God or someone else, whether or not on purpose, ► which may require atonement, restitution, and/or retribution

NUM 15:28

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָטָא 238 vb. miss (a goal or way), go wrong, sin Qal miss

sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty

incur guilt, penalty by sin, forfeit

Pi. bear loss

make a sin offering

purify from sin

purify from uncleanness

Hiph. miss the mark

induce or cause to sin

bring into guilt, condemnation, punishment

Hithp. miss oneself, lose oneself, fig. for be bewildered, beside oneself

purify oneself from uncleanness

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