Sin
חֲטָאָהStrong’s H2401chataah (cha-ta-ah)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chataah is the Hebrew word usually translated “sin” and “sin offering”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.”
Meaning
- Sin, sin offeringsin · sin offering
How it's translated
- a sin 5
- sin 2
- and sin offering 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 3
- Psalms 3
- Genesis 1
- 2 Kings 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 32:21And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
- Exodus 32:30And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin.
- Exodus 32:31And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
- 2 Kings 17:21For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin.
- Psalms 32:1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
- Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Hebrew dictionary
חֲטָאָה chataah · sin
1) sin, sin offering 1a) sin 1b) sin offering Aramaic equivalent: chat.ta.ah (חַטָּאָה "sin offering" H2402)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sin” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SIN, noun
- The voluntary departure of a moral agent from a known rule of rectitude or duty, prescribed by God; any voluntary transgression of the divine law, or violation of a divine command; a wicked act; iniquity. sin is either a positive act in which a known divine law is violated, or it is the voluntary neglect to obey a positive divine command, or a rule of duty clearly implied in such command. sin comprehends not action only, but neglect of known duty, all evil thoughts purposes, words and desires, whatever is contrary to God's commands or law. 1 John 3:4Matthew 12:31James 4:17Matthew 12:31
- A sin-offering; an offering made to atone for sin He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin 2 Corinthians 5:21
- A man enormously wicked. [Not in use.]
- sin differs from crime, not in nature, but in application.
All definitions and other forms of “sin”
SIN, verb intransitive
- To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or non-observance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty. Romans 3:9Psalms 51:2
- To offend against right, against men or society; to trespass.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.