cha.ta H2398

חָטָא (cha.ta) means “to sin” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

חָטָא Hebrew · H2398 238 tagged occurrences in 220 verses

Pronunciation guide: khaw-taw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2398

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

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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

KJV glosses: 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.

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How translators render H2398

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to commit	19
we have sinned	18
sins	15
i have sinned	12
he has committed	11
sin	11
to sin	10
sinned	9
have sinned	6
have i sinned	4
has sinned	3
have committed	3
they have sinned	3
they sin	3
who sins	3
and purify	2
had committed	2
he has sinned	2
purify	2
they have committed	2
they sinned	2
to purify	2
your people have sinned	2
a sinner	1
after he purifies	1
amiss	1
and caused them to commit	1
and forfeiting	1
and he shall cleanse	1
and he who fails	1
and offered it for sin	1
and sin	1
and sinned	1
and sins	1
and so cause you to sin	1
and the sinner	1
and you sinned	1
are sinning	1
bear the guilt	1
bear the guilt before you	1
bore the loss myself	1
bring sin	1
but he who fails to find me	1
but the fault	1
but the sinner	1
but the sinners	1
but to the sinner	1
commit	1
committed	1
drew him into sin	1
for a sin offering	1
for his sin	1
for sin	1
for sinning	1
for we sinned	1
forfeits	1
from sinning	1
had sinned	1
has committed	1
he committed	1
he had committed	1
he has harmed	1
he may have committed	1
he sinned	1
he sins	1
i have done wrong	1
i sinned	1
if i have sinned	1
is to be cleansed	1
it must still be purified	1
misses the mark	1
missing	1
must purify himself	1
o sinful	1
offended	1
or if he commits any such sin	1
purified	1
purify himself	1
purify me	1
purifying	1
she has sinned	1
should sin	1
sinner	1
so it is for the sinner	1
so that i will not sin	1
so that i would sin	1
steals those who have sinned	1
the more they sinned	1
the purification	1
the sin he has committed	1
their sins	1
they cause you to sin	1
they committed	1
they have sinned against you	1
they kept on sinning	1
they withdraw	1
those who indict	1
thus you will cleanse	1
to sin against	1
we have committed	1
we have sinned against you	1
who offers	1
would you sin	1
you are to purify	1
you from sinning	1
you had committed	1
you had sinned	1
you have sinned	1
you people have sinned	1
you sin	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to sin	25
sin	17
i have sinned	11
we have sinned	11
have sinned	6
and sin	5
because they have sinned	5
which he hath sinned	5
hath sinned	4
sinneth	4
because we have sinned	3
for we have sinned	3
that he hath sinned	3
that sinneth	3
he shall purify	2
he sinned	2
if they sin	2
sinned	2
that he hath committed	2
that he sinneth	2
whereby they have sinned	2
which he hath done	2
which he sinned	2
against thee thee only have i sinned	1
also to sin	1
an offender	1
and because ye have sinned	1
and behold ye had sinned	1
and cleanse	1
and hast sinned	1
and he shall cleanse	1
and i have not sinned	1
and made them sin	1
and not miss	1
and now they sin	1
and purified	1
and purifieth	1
and purify	1
and shall not purify	1
and shalt not sin	1
and sinneth	1
and the sinner	1
and they shall cleanse	1
and they sinned	1
and thou hast sinned	1
and thou shalt cleanse	1
and wherein we have sinned	1
as they did cleanse	1
because he hath not sinned	1
because i have sinned	1
because ye have sinned	1
behold ye have sinned	1
but he that sinneth	1
but if he purify	1
but sinned	1
but the fault	1
but the sinner	1
but to the sinner	1
by which they sinned	1
cause to sin	1
committed	1
do not sin	1
do sin	1
even i it is that have sinned	1
for all this they sinned	1
for i have sinned	1
for she hath sinned	1
for the harm	1
from her but the sinner	1
had offended	1
had sinned	1
him not unto thee then i shall bear the blame	1
i have not sinned	1
i have offended	1
if i sin	1
if thou sinnest	1
it and offered it for sin	1
lest they make thee sin	1
lo i have sinned	1
nevertheless it shall be purified	1
not and he doth not sin	1
not because they have sinned	1
not unto thee i bare the loss	1
of cleansing	1
of the sinner	1
purge	1
purify	1
shall be unto him to sin	1
shall sin	1
sinful	1
sinner	1
sinning	1
so should ye sin	1
so they sinned	1
that have sinned	1
that he sinned	1
that i have sinned	1
that i might not sin	1
that i should sin	1
that i sin	1
that offereth it for sin	1
that we have committed	1
that ye sin	1
the sinner	1
thee from sinning	1
them and they made reconciliation	1
then he that sinned	1
then it shall be because he hath sinned	1
then let me bear the blame	1
there we have sinned	1
they purify	1
thou hast sinned	1
though a sinner	1
thus shalt thou cleanse	1
to cleanse	1
trespass	1
unto me we have sinned	1
unto them i have sinned	1
unto us and what have i offended	1
unto us that we have sinned	1
us for we have sinned	1
were purified	1
what have i offended	1
what have i sinned	1
when he sinneth	1
wherefore i have not sinned	1
wherefore then wilt thou sin	1
wherein he hath sinned	1
wherein they have sinned	1
which have sinned	1
which he hath committed	1
which sinneth	1
which they had committed	1
which they have sinned	1
which we have sinned	1
which ye sinned	1
who did sin	1
ye have sinned	1

Verses containing H2398

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Numbers 15:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Numbers 16:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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?”
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Numbers 19:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Numbers 19:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Numbers 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Numbers 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Numbers 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Numbers 22:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.”
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Numbers 31:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Numbers 31:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”
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Numbers 31:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Numbers 32:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
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Deuteronomy 1:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
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Deuteronomy 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Deuteronomy 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Deuteronomy 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Deuteronomy 20:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Deuteronomy 24:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Joshua 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Joshua 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:
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Judges 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Judges 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
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Judges 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Judges 20:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
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1 Samuel 2:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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1 Samuel 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.’
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1 Samuel 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 14:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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1 Samuel 14:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 15:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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1 Samuel 15:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.”
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1 Samuel 19:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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1 Samuel 19:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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?”
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1 Samuel 24:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see 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.
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Source alternate reference: 24.12
1 Samuel 26:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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!”
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2 Samuel 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
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2 Samuel 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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Source alternate reference: 19.21
2 Samuel 24:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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2 Samuel 24:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
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1 Kings 8:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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1 Kings 8:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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1 Kings 8:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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1 Kings 8:46 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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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1 Kings 8:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
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1 Kings 8:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.
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1 Kings 14:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
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1 Kings 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
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1 Kings 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
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1 Kings 15:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
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