חַטָּא chatta

Hebrew word for “sinner” · Strong’s H2400 · used 19 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

1) sinners; adj; 2) sinful; 3) exposed to condemnation, reckoned as offenders

How it is translated

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

• sinners 16
• sinful 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 1 (2), Amos 9 (2), Genesis 13 (1), Numbers 16 (1), Numbers 32 (1), 1 Samuel 15 (1), 1 Kings 1 (1), Psalms 25 (1), Psalms 26 (1), Psalms 51 (1)

Forms

• חטאים 9
• וחטאים 4
• החטאים 2
• בחטאים 1
• וחטאיה 1
• החטאה 1
• חטאי 1

Words used with it

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

• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 4
• רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 3
• פָּשַׁע pasah “to transgress” 2
• חָרוֹן charon “burning anger” 2
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 3
• שָׁמַד shamad “to destroy” 2
• אַל al “not” 3
• רַע ra “bad” 3
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 3
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 3
• צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 2
• כָּלָה kalah “to end” 2

Key verses

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

• Genesis 13:13 — But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
• Numbers 32:14 — And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel.
• Psalms 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
• Psalms 25:8 — Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
• Psalms 26:9 — Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:
• Psalms 51:13 — Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.
• Proverbs 1:10 — My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
• Proverbs 23:17 — Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.
• Isaiah 1:28 — And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
• Isaiah 33:14 — The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with…
• Amos 9:8 — Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the…
• Amos 9:10 — All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

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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.