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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Job 41:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
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Source alternate reference: 41.17
Psalms 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
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Source alternate reference: 4.5
Psalms 39:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
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Source alternate reference: 39.2
Psalms 41:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
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Source alternate reference: 41.5
Psalms 51:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
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Source alternate reference: 51.6
Psalms 51:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
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Source alternate reference: 51.9
Psalms 78:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
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Psalms 78:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
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Psalms 106:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
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Psalms 119:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
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Proverbs 8:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
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Proverbs 11:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
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Proverbs 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
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Proverbs 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
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Proverbs 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
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Proverbs 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
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Ecclesiastes 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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Ecclesiastes 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
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Source alternate reference: 5.5
Ecclesiastes 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
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Ecclesiastes 7:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
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Ecclesiastes 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
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Ecclesiastes 9:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.
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Ecclesiastes 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
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Isaiah 1:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
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Isaiah 29:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
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Isaiah 42:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
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Isaiah 43:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.
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Isaiah 64:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
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Source alternate reference: 64.4
Isaiah 65:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
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Jeremiah 2:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
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Jeremiah 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
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Jeremiah 8:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
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Jeremiah 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
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Jeremiah 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
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Jeremiah 16:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’
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Jeremiah 32:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
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Jeremiah 33:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
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Jeremiah 37:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
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Jeremiah 40:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.
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Jeremiah 44:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”
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Jeremiah 50:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
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Jeremiah 50:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
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Lamentations 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
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Lamentations 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
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Lamentations 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
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Ezekiel 3:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”
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Ezekiel 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
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Ezekiel 16:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.
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Ezekiel 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
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Ezekiel 18:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
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