Sin
חֲטָיStrong’s H2408chati (cha-ti)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Chati is the Aramaic word usually translated “sin your”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.”
Meaning
- Sin
How it's translated
- and sin your 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
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Aramaic dictionary
חֲטָי chati · sin
sin Aramaic of chet (חֵטְא "sin" H2399)
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.