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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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  • Numbers 15:28
    And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.
  • Numbers 16:22
    And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
  • Numbers 19:12
    He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean.
  • Numbers 19:13
    Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.
  • Numbers 19:19
    And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.
  • Numbers 19:20
    But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
  • Numbers 21:7
    Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.
  • Numbers 22:34
    And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
  • Numbers 31:19
    And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
  • Numbers 31:20
    And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.