Unintentionally
שְׁגָגָהStrong’s H7684shegagah (she-ga-gah)
Appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shegagah is the Hebrew word usually translated “inadvertence”, “inadvertence his” and “inadvertence their”. It appears in 18 verses of the Old Testament.
“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 to be done, and shall do against any of them:”
Meaning
- Sin, sin of error or inadvertence, inadvertent sinerror
How it's translated
- by inadvertence 13
- inadvertence 2
- inadvertence his 1
- to inadvertence 1
- inadvertence their 1
- like an inadvertence 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 8
- Leviticus 6
- Joshua 2
- Ecclesiastes 2
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 4:22When 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, and is guilty;
- Leviticus 4:27And 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 not to be done, and be guilty;
- Leviticus 5:15If 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 blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
- Leviticus 5:18And 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 atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
- Leviticus 22:14And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
- Numbers 15:24Then 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 burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering.
Hebrew dictionary
שְׁגָגָה shegagah · unintentionally
1) sin, sin of error or inadvertence, inadvertent sin 1a) error
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “unintentionally” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
UNINTEN'TIONALLY, adverb
Without design or purpose.
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.