חָטָא chata

Hebrew word for “to sin” · Strong’s H2398 · used 238 times in 220 verses

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Meaning

1) to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness;

How it is translated

Glosses given for chata in context, with how often each is used:

• have sinned 61
• will sin 28
• sinned 22
• has sinned 21
• caused to sin 21
• sin 10
• sinning 7
• sinner 7
• will cleanse from sin 6
• had sinned 5
• will purify himself 4
• have i sinned 3

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 5 (10), Leviticus 4 (8), 1 Kings 8 (6), 2 Chronicles 6 (6), Leviticus 6 (4), Numbers 19 (4), 1 Kings 16 (4), 2 Kings 15 (4), Daniel 9 (4), Exodus 32 (3)

Forms

• חטא 33
• חטאתי 26
• חטאנו 24
• חטאו 20
• החטיא 20
• יחטא 14
• תחטא 9
• לחטא 8
• חטאתם 6
• יחטאו 6

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chata more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 51
• יָרָבְעָם yarovam “Jeroboam” 21
• נְבָט nevat “Nebat” 14
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 24
• רַע ra “bad” 23
• כִּפֶּר kipher “to atone” 14
• סוּר sur “to turn aside” 16
• ךָּ ka “you” 18
• אִם im “if” 20
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 19
• זֶה zeh “this” 20
• אָב av “father” 20

Key verses

The verses using chata that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• 2 Samuel 12:13 — And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
• Nehemiah 9:29 — And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned…
• Job 1:5 — And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt…
• Job 33:27 — He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
• Ecclesiastes 8:12 — Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
• Isaiah 1:4 — Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One…
• Lamentations 1:8 — Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and…
• Ezekiel 18:20 — The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the…
• Ezekiel 18:24 — But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth,…
• Daniel 9:5 — We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
• Micah 7:9 — I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.