חַטָּאת chattat

Hebrew word for “sin” · Strong’s H2403 · used 295 times in 271 verses

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Meaning

: sin; 1) sin, sin offering;

Senses in the lexicon

• sin (169)
• sin: sin offering (120)
• sin: punishment (4)
• sin (2)

How it is translated

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

• sin offering 117
• sin 101
• sins 69
• like the sin offering 3
• sin offerings 2
• punishment for sin 2
• more than the sin 1

Where it is used

Also in 13 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 4 (15), Numbers 7 (13), Leviticus 16 (12), Numbers 29 (10), Leviticus 5 (8), Leviticus 9 (7), 1 Kings 16 (5), Ezekiel 45 (5), Leviticus 14 (4), Leviticus 26 (4)

Forms

• חטאת 56
• לחטאת 44
• החטאת 36
• חטאתו 17
• חטאות 13
• חטאתם 12
• חטאתי 10
• וחטאתם 7
• מחטאתו 6
• חטאתיכם 5

Words used with it

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

• שָׂעִיר sair “he-goat” 41
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 51
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 47
• כִּפֶּר kipher “to atone” 38
• עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 43
• עֵז ez “goat” 30
• אֶחָד echad “one” 43
• פַּר par “bullock” 26
• פֶּשַׁע pesah “transgression” 24
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 31
• מִנְחָה minchah “offering” 23
• יָרָבְעָם yarovam “Jeroboam” 19

Key verses

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

• 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.
• 1 Kings 16:31 — And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of…
• Psalms 32:5 — I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of…
• Isaiah 27:9 — By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as…
• Isaiah 30:1 — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin…
• Isaiah 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
• Isaiah 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
• Jeremiah 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto…
• Ezekiel 3:20 — Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not…
• 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 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for…
• Zechariah 13:1 — In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

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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.