חֵטְא chet

Hebrew word for “sin” · Strong’s H2399 · used 33 times in 33 verses

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Meaning

1) sin; 1a) sin; 1b) guilt for sin; 1c) punishment for sin; Aramaic equivalent: cha.ti (חֲטָי "sin" H2408)

How it is translated

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

• sin 19
• sins 10
• own sin 4

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 18 (2), Deuteronomy 23 (2), Deuteronomy 24 (2), Psalms 51 (2), Genesis 41 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Leviticus 20 (1), Leviticus 22 (1), Leviticus 24 (1), Numbers 9 (1)

Forms

• חטא 15
• בחטאו 4
• חטאי 3
• חטאו 2
• חטאם 1
• ובחטא 1
• מחטאי 1
• כחטאינו 1
• חטאים 1
• חטאיכם 1

Words used with it

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

• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 10
• מוּת mut “to die” 9
• עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 6
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 5
• אָב av “father” 5
• מָוֶת mavet “death” 3
• ךָּ ka “you” 4
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 3
• קָרַב qarav “to present” 3
• נָדַר nadar “to vow” 2
• עֶרְוָה ervah “nakedness” 2
• יָכַח yakhach “to rebuke” 2

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 19:17 — Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.
• Deuteronomy 15:9 — Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor…
• Deuteronomy 21:22 — And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:
• 2 Kings 10:29 — Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Beth-el,…
• Psalms 51:5 — Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
• Isaiah 1:18 — Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they…
• Isaiah 38:17 — Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy…
• Isaiah 53:12 — Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was…
• 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…
• Lamentations 3:39 — Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
• Daniel 9:16 — O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for…
• Hosea 12:8 — And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

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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.