Châṭâʼ — H2398

Definition

verb

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

1. to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness
1. (Qal)
1. to miss
2. to sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty
3. to incur guilt, incur penalty by sin, forfeit
2. (Piel)
1. to bear loss
2. to make a sin-offering
3. to purify from sin
4. to purify from uncleanness
3. (Hiphil)
1. to miss the mark
2. to induce to sin, cause to sin
3. to bring into guilt or condemnation or punishment
4. (Hithpael)
1. to miss oneself, lose oneself, wander from the way
2. to purify oneself from uncleanness

Usually translated as

offer for sin, sin, cleanse, harm he hath done, purify, bear the blame, by fault, loss, miss, offender, purge, make reconciliation, sinful, trespass, commit, offend, sinness

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• agapáō (G25)
• hagnízō (G48)
• adikéō (G91)
• hamartánō (G264)
• hamartía (G266)
• hamartōlós (G268)
• anaphérō (G399)
• asebḗs (G765)
• ekklínō (G1578)
• katharízō (G2511)
• miaínō (G3392)
• poiéō (G4160)
• rhantízō (G4472)

Occurrences

Châṭâʼ occurs 237 times in 219 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (7), Exodus (10), Leviticus (27), Numbers (17), Deuteronomy (6), Joshua (2), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (12), 2 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (18), 2 Kings (18), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (7), Nehemiah (4), Job (12), Psalms (9), Proverbs (6), Ecclesiastes (7), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (13), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (14), Daniel (4), Hosea (4), Micah (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Genesis 20:6 — And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning (מֵחֲטוֹ) against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
• Genesis 20:9 — Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended (חָטָ֣אתִי) thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
• Genesis 39:9 — There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin (וְחָטָ֖אתִי) against God?
• Genesis 40:1 — And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended (חָֽטְא֛וּ) their lord the king of Egypt.
• Genesis 42:22 — And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin (תֶּחֶטְא֥וּ) against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
• Genesis 43:9 — I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame (וְחָטָ֥אתִֽי) for ever:
• Genesis 44:32 — For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame (וְחָטָ֥אתִי) to my father for ever.
• Exodus 5:16 — There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault (וְחָטָ֥את) is in thine own people.
• Exodus 9:27 — And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned (חָטָ֣אתִי) this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
• Exodus 9:34 — And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned (לַחֲטֹ֑א) yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
• Exodus 10:16 — Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned (חָטָ֛אתִי) against the LORD your God, and against you.
• Exodus 20:20 — And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin (תֶחֱטָֽאוּ) not.
• Exodus 23:33 — They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin (יַחֲטִ֥יאוּ) against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee.
• Exodus 29:36 — And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse (וְחִטֵּאתָ֙) the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
• Exodus 32:30 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned (חֲטָאתֶ֖ם) a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
• Exodus 32:31 — And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned (חָטָ֞א) a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
• Exodus 32:33 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned (חָֽטָא) against me, him will I blot out of my book.
• Leviticus 4:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin (תֶחֱטָ֤א) through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
• Leviticus 4:3 — If the priest that is anointed do sin (יֶחֱטָ֖א) according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
• Leviticus 4:3 — If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned (חָטָ֜א), a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
• Leviticus 4:14 — When the sin, which they have sinned (חָטְא֖וּ) against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Leviticus 4:22 — When a ruler hath sinned (יֶֽחֱטָ֑א), and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
• Leviticus 4:23 — Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned (חָטָ֖א), come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
• Leviticus 4:27 — And if any one of the common people sin (תֶּחֱטָ֥א) through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
• Leviticus 4:28 — Or if his sin, which he hath sinned (חָטָ֑א), come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
• Leviticus 4:28 — Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned (חָטָֽא).
• Leviticus 4:35 — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed (חָטָ֖א), and it shall be forgiven him.
• Leviticus 5:1 — And if a soul sin (תֶחֱטָ֗א), and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
• Leviticus 5:5 — And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned (חָטָ֖א) in that thing:
• Leviticus 5:6 — And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned (חָטָ֜א), a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
• Leviticus 5:7 — And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed (חָטָ֗א), two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
• Leviticus 5:10 — And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned (חָטָ֖א), and it shall be forgiven him.
• Leviticus 5:11 — But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned (חָטָ֗א) shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering.
• Leviticus 5:13 — And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned (חָטָ֛א) in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest’s, as a meat offering.
• Leviticus 5:15 — If a soul commit a trespass, and sin (וְחָֽטְאָה֙) through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
• Leviticus 5:16 — And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done (חָטָ֨א) in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
• Leviticus 5:17 — And if a soul sin (תֶֽחֱטָ֔א), and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
• Leviticus 6:2 — If a soul sin (תֶחֱטָ֔א), and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;
• Leviticus 6:3 — Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning (לַחֲטֹ֥א) therein:
• Leviticus 6:4 — Then it shall be, because he hath sinned (יֶחֱטָ֣א), and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
• Leviticus 6:26 — The priest that offereth it for sin (הַֽמְחַטֵּ֥א) shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Leviticus 8:15 — And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified (וַיְחַטֵּ֖א) the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
• Leviticus 9:15 — And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin (וַֽיְחַטְּאֵ֖הוּ), as the first.
• Leviticus 14:49 — And he shall take to cleanse (לְחַטֵּ֥א) the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
• Leviticus 14:52 — And he shall cleanse (וְחִטֵּ֣א) the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
• Leviticus 19:22 — And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done (חָטָ֑א): and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
• Leviticus 19:22 — And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done (חָטָֽא) shall be forgiven him.
• Numbers 6:11 — And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned (חָטָ֖א) by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
• Numbers 8:21 — And the Levites were purified (וַיִּֽתְחַטְּא֣וּ), and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them.
• Numbers 12:11 — And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned (חָטָֽאנוּ).