Definition
a primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
Traditional renderings: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Traditional renderings: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָטָא:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
238 total
- Nehemiah 9:29חָֽטְאוּ־ · They sinnedYou admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
- Nehemiah 13:26חָטָֽא־ · sin; הֶחֱטִ֔יאוּ · drew him into sinDid not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
- Job 1:5חָטְא֣וּ · have sinnedAnd when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
- Job 1:22חָטָ֣א · sinIn all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
- Job 2:10חָטָ֥א · sin“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
- Job 5:24תֶחֱטָֽא׃ · amissYou will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
- Job 7:20חָטָ֡אתִי · If I have sinnedIf I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
- Job 8:4חָֽטְאוּ־ · sinnedWhen your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
- Job 10:14חָטָ֥אתִי · I sinnedIf I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
- Job 24:19חָטָֽאוּ׃ · steals those who have sinnedAs drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
- Job 31:30לַחֲטֹ֣א · to sinI have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
- Job 33:27חָ֭טָאתִי · I have sinnedThen he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
- Job 35:6חָ֭טָאתָ · you sinIf you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
- Job 41:25יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃ · they withdrawWhen Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
- Psalm 4:4תֶּ֫חֱטָ֥אוּ · sinBe angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
- Psalm 39:1מֵחֲט֪וֹא · so that I will not sinFor the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
- Psalm 41:4חָטָ֥אתִי · I have sinnedI said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
- Psalm 51:4חָטָאתִי֮ · have I sinnedAgainst You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
- Psalm 51:7תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִי · Purify mePurify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- Psalm 78:17לַחֲטֹא־ · to sinBut they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
- Psalm 78:32חָֽטְאוּ־ · they kept on sinningIn spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
- Psalm 106:6חָטָ֥אנוּ · We have sinnedWe have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
- Psalm 119:11אֶֽחֱטָא־ · sinI have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
- Proverbs 8:36וְֽ֭חֹטְאִי · But he who fails to find meBut he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
- Proverbs 11:31וְחוֹטֵֽא׃ · and the sinnerIf the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
- Proverbs 13:22חוֹטֵֽא׃ · but the sinner’sA good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
- Proverbs 14:21חוֹטֵ֑א · sinsHe who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
- Proverbs 19:2חוֹטֵֽא׃ · misses the markEven zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
- Proverbs 20:2חוֹטֵ֥א · forfeitsThe terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
- Ecclesiastes 2:26וְלַחוֹטֶא֩ · but to the sinnerTo the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- Ecclesiastes 5:6לַחֲטִ֣יא · to sinDo not let your mouth cause your flesh to sin, and do not tell the messenger that your vow was a mistake. Why should God be angry with your words and destroy the work of your hands?
- Ecclesiastes 7:20יֶחֱטָֽא׃ · sinsSurely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- Ecclesiastes 7:26וְחוֹטֵ֖א · but the sinnerAnd I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- Ecclesiastes 8:12חֹטֶ֗א · a sinnerAlthough a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
- Ecclesiastes 9:2כַּֽחֹטֶ֔א · so it is for the sinnerIt is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.
- Ecclesiastes 9:18וְחוֹטֶ֣א · sinnerWisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
- Isaiah 1:4חֹטֵ֗א · O sinfulAlas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
- Isaiah 29:21מַחֲטִיאֵ֤י · those who indict…those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.
- Isaiah 42:24חָטָ֣אנוּ · we have sinnedWho gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.
- Isaiah 43:27חָטָ֑א · sinnedYour first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.
- Isaiah 64:5וַֽנֶּחֱטָ֔א · for we sinnedYou welcome those who gladly do right, who remember Your ways. Surely You were angry, for we sinned. How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?
- Isaiah 65:20וְהַ֣חוֹטֶ֔א · and he who failsNo longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
- Jeremiah 2:35חָטָֽאתִי׃ · sinned…you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
- Jeremiah 3:25חָטָ֗אנוּ · We have sinnedLet us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
- Jeremiah 8:14חָטָ֖אנוּ · we have sinnedWhy are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
- Jeremiah 14:7חָטָֽאנוּ׃ · we have sinned against YouAlthough our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 14:20חָטָ֖אנוּ · we have sinnedWe acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
- Jeremiah 16:10חָטָ֖אנוּ · we have committedWhen you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, ‘Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’
- Jeremiah 32:35הַחֲטִי · to sinThey have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.