Hebrew verb · H2398
חָטָא
chatakhaw-taw'
to sin
238 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châṭâʼ
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2398is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 27 of 39Old Testament books
- 157spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2398
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
The King James renders it: 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.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chata is rendered "to sin". It stands 238 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-seven books.
- Thirty of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 20:6Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
- The Greek text spells it 157 different ways.
The first use
Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
Genesis 20:6מֵחֲטוֹ־
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty-seven of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- we have sinned24
- I have sinned22
- he caused to sin18
- he has sinned17
- they have sinned10
- he sinned9
- he will sin8
- they sinned8
- it will sin7
- they will sin6
- to sin6
- he will purify himself4
and 69 more, 238 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 238, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
157 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הֶחֱטִ֖יא11
- חָֽטְאוּ־8
- חָטָ֖אנוּ7
- חָטָ֖א6
- הֶחֱטִ֥יא5
- חָטָ֑א5
- חָטָֽאנוּ׃5
- חָטָ֔א4
- חָטָ֥אנוּ4
- חָטָ֣אתִי4
- חָטָ֙אתִי֙4
- הֶחֱטִ֣יא3
and 145 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular30HVqp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular26HVqp1cs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural24HVqp1cp
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular19HVhp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural19HVqp3cp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular12HVqi3ms
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)10HR/Vqcc
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular7HVqi3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural6HVqi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine plural6HVqp2mp
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular6HVqrmsa
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular5HVti3ms
Genesis
eight uses
Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
- מֵחֲטוֹ־mechatov-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from sinning
Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
- חָטָ֣אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: have I sinned
I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
- אֲחַטֶּ֔נָּהʾachattenahverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: I bore loss of it
No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
- וְחָטָ֖אתִיvechatatiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will sin
Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.
- חָֽטְא֛וּchateuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they sinned
And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
- תֶּחֶטְא֥וּtechetuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you sin
I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
- וְחָטָ֥אתִֽיvechatatiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will be culpable
Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
- וְחָטָ֥אתִיvechatatiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will be culpable
Exodus
ten uses
No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
- וְחָטָ֥אתvechatatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and you have sinned
Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron. “This time I have sinned,” he said. “The LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
- חָטָ֣אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.
- לַחֲטֹ֑אlachato'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sin
Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you.
- חָטָ֛אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”
- תֶחֱטָֽאוּ׃techetauverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will sin
They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
- יַחֲטִ֥יאוּyachatiuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they should cause to sin
Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.
- וְחִטֵּאתָ֙vechitetaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will make a sin offering
The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”
- חֲטָאתֶ֖םchatatemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have sinned
So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.
- חָטָ֞אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has sinned
The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.
- חָֽטָא־chata'-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
Leviticus
thirty uses
“Tell the Israelites to do as follows with one who sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s commandments and does what is forbidden by them:
- תֶחֱטָ֤אtecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will sin
If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
- יֶחֱטָ֖אyecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will sin
- חָטָ֜אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sinned
when they become aware of the sin they have committed, then the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.
- חָטְא֖וּchateuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sinned
When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt.
- יֶֽחֱטָ֑אyecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will sin
When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.
- חָטָ֖אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt.
- תֶּחֱטָ֥אtecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will sin
When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.
- חָטָ֑אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
- חָטָֽא׃chata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the offerings made by fire to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
- חָטָ֖אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
- תֶחֱטָ֗אtecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will sin
If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed,
- חָטָ֖אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had sinned
and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.
- חָטָ֜אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
- חָטָ֗אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
And the priest must prepare the second bird as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
- חָטָ֖אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.
- חָטָ֗אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
In this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.”
- חָטָ֛אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
- וְחָֽטְאָה֙vechateahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will sin
Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.
- חָטָ֨אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sinned
If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
- תֶֽחֱטָ֔אtecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will sin
“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
- תֶחֱטָ֔אtecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will sin
or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
- לַחֲטֹ֥אlachato'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sin
once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
- יֶחֱטָ֣אyecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will sin
The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- הַֽמְחַטֵּ֥אhamchate'the definite article (“the”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: who makes a sin offering
Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.
- וַיְחַטֵּ֖אvaychate'Hc/Vpw3mstagged: and he cleansed from sin
Aaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one.
- וַֽיְחַטְּאֵ֖הוּvaychateehuHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he made a sin offering it
He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house;
- לְחַטֵּ֥אlechate'preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cleanse from sin
And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.
- וְחִטֵּ֣אvechite'Hc/Vpq3mstagged: and he will cleanse from sin
The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.
- חָטָ֑אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
- חָטָֽא׃ פchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
Numbers
eighteen uses
And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again.
- חָטָ֖אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sinned
The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes, and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.
- וַיִּֽתְחַטְּא֣וּvaiyitchateuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they purified themselves
and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
- חָטָֽאנוּ׃chatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
Early the next morning they got up and went up toward the ridge of the hill country. “We have indeed sinned,” they said, “but we will go to the place the LORD has promised.”
- חָטָֽאנוּ׃chatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.
- תֶּחֱטָ֣אtecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will sin
And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the person who erred by sinning unintentionally; and when atonement has been made for him, he will be forgiven.
- בְּחֶטְאָ֥הbechetahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: by sin
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the whole congregation?”
- יֶחֱטָ֔אyecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he sin
He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.
- יִתְחַטָּא־yitchata'-verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will purify himself
- יִתְחַטָּ֜אyitchata'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will purify himself
Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.
- יִתְחַטָּ֗אyitchata'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will purify himself
The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.
- וְחִטְּאוֹ֙vechiteoHc/Vpq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will cleanse from sin him
But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
- יִתְחַטָּ֔אyitchata'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will purify himself
Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
- חָטָ֗אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
“I have sinned,” Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home.”
- חָטָ֔אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.
- תִּֽתְחַטְּא֞וּtitchateuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will purify yourselves
And purify every garment and leather good, everything made of goat’s hair, and every article of wood.”
- תִּתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃ סtitchatauverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will purify yourselves
everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
- יִתְחַטָּ֑אyitchata'verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will purify itself
But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
- חֲטָאתֶ֖םchatatemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have sinned
Deuteronomy
six uses
“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.
- חָטָאנוּ֮chatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you.
- חֲטָאתֶם֙chatatemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you had sinned
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
- חֲטָאתֶ֔םchatatemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you had sinned
A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
- יֶֽחֱטָ֑אyecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will sin
so that they cannot teach you to do all the detestable things they do for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the LORD your God.
- וַחֲטָאתֶ֖םvachatatemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will sin
then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
- תַחֲטִיא֙tachati'verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will cause to sin
Joshua
two uses
Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
- חָטָא֙chata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has sinned
“It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:
- חָטָ֙אתִי֙chatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
Judges
four uses
Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
- חָטָ֣אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
“We have sinned,” the Israelites said to the LORD. “Deal with us as You see fit; but please deliver us today!”
- חָטָ֔אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
- חָטָ֣אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
- יַחֲטִֽא׃ פyachati'verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he missed
1 Samuel
fourteen uses
If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death.
- יֶחֱטָ֨אyecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will sin
- יֶֽחֱטָא־yecheta'-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will sin
When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
- חָטָ֖אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’
- חָטָ֔אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
- מֵחֲטֹ֣אmechato'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from sinning
Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
- חֹטִ֥איםchotimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: sinning
Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
- תֶחֶטְא֥וּtechetuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will sin
Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
- חָטָ֔אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
- חָטָ֔אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
- יֶחֱטָ֨אyecheta'verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sin
- חָטָא֙chata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”
- תֶֽחֱטָא֙techeta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you sin
See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
- חָטָ֣אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”
- חָטָ֜אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
2 Samuel
four uses
Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
- חָטָ֖אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
For your servant knows that I have sinned, so here I am today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”
- חָטָ֑אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
- חָטָ֤אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
When David saw the angel striking down the people, he said to the LORD, “Surely I, the shepherd, have sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Please, let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house.”
- חָטָ֙אתִי֙chatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
1 Kings
twenty-three uses
When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
- יֶחֱטָ֥אyecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will sin
When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,
- יֶחֶטְאוּ־yechetu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will sin
When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
- יֶחֶטְאוּ־yechetu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will sin
When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
- יֶֽחֶטְאוּ־yechetu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will sin
- יֶחֱטָ֔אyecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sins
and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
- חָטָ֥אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.
- חָֽטְאוּ־chateu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sinned
So He will give Israel over on account of the sins Jeroboam has committed and has caused Israel to commit.”
- חָטָ֔אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
- הֶחֱטִ֖יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has caused to sin
And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
- חָטָֽאוּ׃chatauverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they sinned
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
- הֶחֱטִ֖יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
because of the sins Jeroboam had committed and had caused Israel to commit, and because he had provoked the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger.
- חָטָ֔אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sinned
- הֶחֱטִ֖יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
- הֶחֱטִ֖יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.
- וַֽתַּחֲטִא֙vatachati'Hc/Vhw2mstagged: and you have caused to sin
This happened because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
- חָטְא֗וּchateuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they sinned
- הֶחֱטִ֙יאוּ֙hechetiuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they caused to sin
because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
- חָטָ֔אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sinned
- לְהַחֲטִ֖יאlehachati'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cause to sin
For he walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sins, which he caused Israel to commit, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger with their worthless idols.
- הֶחֱטִ֖יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?
- חָטָ֑אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: have I sinned
I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’
- וַֽתַּחֲטִ֖אvatachati'Hc/Vhw2mstagged: and you have caused to sin
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
- הֶחֱטִ֖יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
2 Kings
eighteen uses
Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
- הֶחֱטִ֥יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
but he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit—the worship of the golden calves at Bethel and Dan.
- הֶחֱטִ֣יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
Yet Jehu was not careful to follow the instruction of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.
- הֶחֱטִ֖יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
- הֶחֱטִ֥יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
Nevertheless, they did not turn away from the sins that the house of Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, but they continued to walk in them. The Asherah pole even remained standing in Samaria.
- הֶחֱטִ֥יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.
- הֶחֱטִ֥יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- הֶחֱטִ֖יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- הֶחֱטִ֖יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- הֶחֱטִ֥יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- הֶחֱטִ֖יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- הֶחֱטִ֖יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods
- חָטְא֤וּchateuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had sinned
When the LORD had torn Israel away from the house of David, they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king, and Jeroboam led Israel away from following the LORD and caused them to commit a great sin.
- וְהֶחֱטֵיאָ֖םvehecheteiamHc/Vhq3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he caused to sin them
So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.” And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
- חָטָ֙אתִי֙chatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
“Since Manasseh king of Judah has committed all these abominations, acting more wickedly than the Amorites who preceded him, and with his idols has caused Judah to sin,
- וַיַּחֲטִ֥אvaiyachati'Hc/Vhw3mstagged: and he has caused to sin
Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
- הֶחֱטִ֣יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- חָטָ֑אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sinned
He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
- הֶחֱטִ֣יאhecheti'verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he caused to sin
1 Chronicles
two uses
Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
- חָטָ֣אתִֽיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”
- חָטָ֙אתִי֙chatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
2 Chronicles
eight uses
When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
- יֶחֱטָ֥אyecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will sin
When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,
- יֶֽחֶטְאוּ־yechetu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will sin
When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
- יֶֽחֶטְאוּ־yechetu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will sin
When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,
- יֶחֶטְאוּ־yechetu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will sin
- יֶחֱטָ֔אyecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sins
and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
- חָטָ֥אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.
- חָֽטְאוּ־chateu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sinned
And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.
- וַֽיְחַטְּא֤וּvaychateuHc/Vpw3mptagged: and they made a sin offering
Nehemiah
six uses
let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
- חָטָ֣אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
- חָטָֽאנוּ׃chatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.
- וְחָטָ֑אתִיvechatatiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will sin
You 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 stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
- חָֽטְאוּ־chateu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they sinned
Did 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.
- חָטָֽא־chata'-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: did he sin
- הֶחֱטִ֔יאוּhechetiuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they caused to sin
Job
twelve uses
And 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.
- חָטְא֣וּchateuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sinned
In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
- חָטָ֣אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sinned
“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.
- חָטָ֥אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sinned
You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
- תֶחֱטָֽא׃techeta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will miss
If 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?
- חָטָ֡אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
- חָֽטְאוּ־chateu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they sinned
If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
- חָטָ֥אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I sinned
As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
- חָטָֽאוּ׃chatauverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sinned
I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
- לַחֲטֹ֣אlachato'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sin
Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
- חָ֭טָאתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
If you sin, what do you accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
- חָ֭טָאתָchatataverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have sinned
When Leviathan rises up, the mighty are terrified; they withdraw before his thrashing.
- יִתְחַטָּֽאוּ׃yitchatauverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are bewildered
Psalms
nine uses
Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
- תֶּ֫חֱטָ֥אוּtechetauverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you sin
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.”
- מֵחֲט֪וֹאmechato'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from sinning
I said, “O LORD, be gracious to me; heal me, for I have sinned against You.”
- חָטָ֥אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
Against 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.
- חָטָאתִי֮chatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
- תְּחַטְּאֵ֣נִיtechateeniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you will cleanse from sin me
But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
- לַחֲטֹא־lachato'-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sin
In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
- חָֽטְאוּ־chateu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they sinned
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
- חָטָ֥אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
- אֶֽחֱטָא־ʾecheta'-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will sin
Proverbs
six uses
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
- וְֽ֭חֹטְאִיvechoteiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and misses me
If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
- וְחוֹטֵֽא׃vechote'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and a sinner
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
- חוֹטֵֽא׃chote'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a sinner
He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
- חוֹטֵ֑אchote'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: sinning
Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
- חוֹטֵֽא׃chote'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: missing
The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
- חוֹטֵ֥אchote'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: missing
Ecclesiastes
seven uses
To 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.
- וְלַחוֹטֶא֩velachote'conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and to the sinner
Do 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?
- לַחֲטִ֣יאlachati'preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cause to sin
Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.
- יֶחֱטָֽא׃yecheta'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sins
And 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.
- וְחוֹטֵ֖אvechote'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and a sinner
Although 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.
- חֹטֶ֗אchote'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a sinner
It 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.
- כַּֽחֹטֶ֔אkachote'preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: as the sinner
Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
- וְחוֹטֶ֣אvechote'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and a sinner
Isaiah
six uses
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
- חֹטֵ֗אchote'verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: sins
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.
- מַחֲטִיאֵ֤יmachatieiverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: cause to sin
Who 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.
- חָטָ֣אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.
- חָטָ֑אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he sinned
You 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?
- וַֽנֶּחֱטָ֔אvanecheta'Hc/Vqw1cptagged: and we sinned
No 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.
- וְהַ֣חוֹטֶ֔אvehachote'conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and the misses
Jeremiah
fourteen uses
you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
- חָטָֽאתִי׃chatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
Let 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.”
- חָטָ֗אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
Why 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.
- חָטָ֖אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
- חָטָֽאנוּ׃chatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
- חָטָ֖אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
When 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 guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?’
- חָטָ֖אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of 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.
- הַחֲטִ֥יאhachati'verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to cause to sin
And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.
- חָֽטְאוּ־chateu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sinned
- חָֽטְאוּ־chateu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sinned
Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
- חָטָ֨אתִֽיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: have I sinned
and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.
- חֲטָאתֶ֤םchatatemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you sinned
Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD, and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”
- חֲטָאתֶ֣םchatatemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you had sinned
All who found them devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
- חָטְא֤וּchateuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sinned
Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
- חָטָֽאָה׃chataahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has sinned
Lamentations
three uses
Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
- חָֽטְאָה֙chateahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has sinned
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
- חָֽטְאוּ֙chateuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they sinned
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
- חָטָֽאנוּ׃chatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
Ezekiel
sixteen uses
But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”
- חֲטֹ֛אchato'verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sin
- חָטָ֑אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
- תֶחֱטָא־techeta'-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will sin
Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous.
- חָטָ֑אָהchataahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it sinned
Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.
- הַחֹטֵ֖אתhachotetthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: which sins
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
- הַחֹטֵ֖אתhachotetthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · feminine singulartagged: which sins
But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.
- חָטָ֖אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.
- וַֽתֶּחֱטָ֑אvatecheta'Hc/Vqw2mstagged: and you sinned
Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’
- חֲטֹאתֽוֹ׃chatotoverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sins he
None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.
- חָטָ֔אchata'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has sinned
They will no longer defile themselves with their idols or detestable images, or with any of their transgressions. I will save them from all their apostasies by which they sinned, and I will cleanse them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- חָטְא֣וּchateuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sinned
You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim; thus you will cleanse the altar and make atonement for it.
- וְחִטֵּאתָ֥vechitetaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will cleanse from sin
On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering, and the altar is to be cleansed as it was with the bull.
- וְחִטְּאוּ֙vechiteuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will cleanse from sin
- חִטְּא֖וּchiteuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they cleansed from sin
When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
- מֵֽחַטֵּ֑אmechate'preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from cleansing from sin
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the first day of the first month you are to take a young bull without blemish and purify the sanctuary.
- וְחִטֵּאתָ֖vechitetaHc/Vpq2mstagged: and you will cleanse from sin
Daniel
four uses
we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.
- חָטָ֥אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.
- חָטָ֖אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses the servant of God has been poured out on us, because we have sinned against You.
- חָטָ֖אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
Now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and who made for Yourself a name renowned to this day, we have sinned; we have acted wickedly.
- חָטָ֖אנוּchatanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have sinned
Hosea
five uses
The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
- חָֽטְאוּ־chateu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they sinned
Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.
- לַחֲטֹ֑אlachato'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: for sinning
- לַחֲטֹֽא׃lachato'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: for sinning
Since the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel, and there you have remained. Did not the battle in Gibeah overtake the sons of iniquity?
- חָטָ֖אתָchatataverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have sinned
Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
- לַחֲטֹ֗אlachato'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to sin
Micah
one use
Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
- חָטָ֖אתִיchatativerb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have sinned
Habakkuk
one use
You have plotted shame for your house by cutting off many peoples and forfeiting your life.
- וְחוֹטֵ֥אvechote'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and sinned
Zephaniah
one use
I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
- חָטָ֑אוּchatauverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have sinned
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
