שְׁגָגָה shegagah

Hebrew word for “unintentionally” · Strong’s H7684 · used 19 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) sin, sin of error or inadvertence, inadvertent sin; 1a) error

How it is translated

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

• inadvertence 18
• like an inadvertence 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 15 (6), Leviticus 4 (3), Leviticus 5 (2), Numbers 35 (2), Joshua 20 (2), Leviticus 22 (1), Ecclesiastes 5 (1), Ecclesiastes 10 (1)

Forms

• בשׁגגה 13
• שׁגגה 2
• שׁגגתו 1
• לשׁגגה 1
• שׁגגתם 1
• כשׁגגה 1

Words used with it

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

• חָטָא chata “to sin” 7
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 9
• סָלַח salach “to forgive” 4
• גֵּר ger “sojourner” 4
• מִקְלָט miqlat “refuge” 3
• אֶחָד echad “one” 6
• עֵדָה edah “congregation” 4
• נוּס nus “to flee” 4
• שָׁגַג shagag “to go astray” 2
• גּוּר gur “to sojourn” 3
• כִּפֶּר kipher “to atone” 3
• תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 4

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 4:2 — Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not…
• Leviticus 4:22 — When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done,…
• Leviticus 4:27 — And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought…
• Leviticus 5:15 — If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without…
• Leviticus 5:18 — And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an…
• Numbers 15:24 — Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a…
• Numbers 15:25 — And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall…
• Numbers 15:29 — Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth…
• Numbers 35:11 — Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
• Numbers 35:15 — These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any…
• Ecclesiastes 5:6 — Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and…
• Ecclesiastes 10:5 — There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

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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.