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חָטָא H2398

châṭâʼ

khaw-taw'

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

Brown–Driver–Briggs

חָטָא 238 vb. miss (a goal or way), go wrong, sin
Qal
1 miss
2 sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty
3 incur guilt, penalty by sin, forfeit
Pi.
1 bear loss
2 make a sin offering
3 purify from sin
4 purify from uncleanness
Hiph.
1 miss the mark
2 induce or cause to sin
3 bring into guilt, condemnation, punishment
Hithp.
1 miss oneself, lose oneself, fig. for be bewildered, beside oneself
2 purify oneself from uncleanness

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


220 occurrences

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  • 2 Kings 17:21
    For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
  • 2 Kings 18:14
    And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
  • 2 Kings 21:11
    Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols:
  • 2 Kings 21:16
    Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • 2 Kings 21:17
    Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
  • 2 Kings 23:15
    Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
  • 1 Chronicles 21:8
    And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
  • 1 Chronicles 21:17
    And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
  • 2 Chronicles 6:22
    If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
  • 2 Chronicles 6:24
    And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;