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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1 Kings 15:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
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1 Kings 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.
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1 Kings 16:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
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1 Kings 16:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
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1 Kings 16:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
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1 Kings 18:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?
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1 Kings 21:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’
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1 Kings 22:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
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2 Kings 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
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2 Kings 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
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2 Kings 10:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
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2 Kings 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
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2 Kings 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.
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2 Kings 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.
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2 Kings 14:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
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2 Kings 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
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2 Kings 15:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
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2 Kings 15:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
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2 Kings 15:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
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2 Kings 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
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2 Kings 17:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
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2 Kings 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
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2 Kings 21:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
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2 Kings 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
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2 Kings 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 23:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
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1 Chronicles 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
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1 Chronicles 21:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
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2 Chronicles 6:22 · 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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2 Chronicles 6:24 · 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 before You in this temple,
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2 Chronicles 6:26 · 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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2 Chronicles 6:36 · 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 a land far or near,
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2 Chronicles 6:37 · 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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2 Chronicles 6:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleas, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.
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2 Chronicles 29:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
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Nehemiah 1:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
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Nehemiah 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.
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Nehemiah 9:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
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Nehemiah 13:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
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Job 1:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
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Job 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
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Job 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
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Job 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
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Job 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
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Job 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
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Job 10:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
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Job 24:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
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Job 31:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
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Job 33:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
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Job 35:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
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