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Sin

חַטָּאָהStrong’s H2403

chattaah (chat-ta-ah)

Appears in 271 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Chattaah is the Hebrew word usually translated “sin offering”, “sins of” and “sin”. It appears in 271 verses of the Old Testament.

“And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;”
Daniel 9:20 KJV
Meaning
  1. Sin, sinful thing
  2. Sin, sin offeringsin · condition of sin, guilt of sin · punishment for sin · sin-offering · purification from sins of ceremonial uncleanness
How it's translated
  • to a sin offering 35
  • the sin offering 34
  • a sin offering 27
  • sins of 16
  • sin 14
  • sins your 13
  • sin his 12
  • sin of 12

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 66
  • Numbers 42
  • Ezekiel 24
  • 1 Kings 16
  • 2 Kings 15
  • Jeremiah 13

25 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 271 verses, by book
Deuteronomy 4
9:189:219:2719:15
Joshua 1
24:19
2 Samuel 1
12:13
Ezra 1
8:35
Lamentations 3
4:64:134:22
Daniel 2
9:209:24
Amos 1
5:12
Zechariah 2
13:114:19
Hebrew dictionary

חַטָּאָה chattaah · sin

sin, sinful thing

חַטָּאת chattat · sin

: sin 1) sin, sin offering 1a) sin 1b) condition of sin, guilt of sin 1c) punishment for sin 1d) sin-offering 1e) purification from sins of ceremonial uncleanness

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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. A man enormously wicked. [Not in use.]
  4. sin differs from crime, not in nature, but in application.
All definitions and other forms of “sin”

    SIN, verb intransitive

    1. 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
    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.