Strong's #2398: chata' (pronounced khaw-taw')
a primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn:--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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
châṭâ'
1) to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to miss
1a2) to sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty
1a3) to incur guilt, incur penalty by sin, forfeit
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to bear loss
1b2) to make a sin-offering
1b3) to purify from sin
1b4) to purify from uncleanness
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to miss the mark
1c2) to induce to sin, cause to sin
1c3) to bring into guilt or condemnation or punishment
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to miss oneself, lose oneself, wander from the way
1d2) to purify oneself from uncleanness
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 238 times:
Numbers 12:11: "us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned."
Numbers 14:40: "the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned."
Numbers 15:27: "And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first"
Numbers 15:28: "for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement"
Numbers 16:22: "flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all"
Numbers 19:12: "He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if"
Numbers 19:12: "day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh"
Numbers 19:13: "of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle"
Numbers 19:19: "day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water,"
Numbers 19:20: "that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among"
Numbers 21:7: "to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray"
Numbers 22:34: "unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that"
Numbers 31:19: "any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives"
Numbers 31:20: " And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work"
Numbers 31:23: "through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that"
Numbers 32:23: "do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out."
Deuteronomy 1:41: "Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight,"
Deuteronomy 9:16: "And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf:"
Deuteronomy 9:18: "your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD,"
Deuteronomy 19:15: "in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth witnesses,"
Deuteronomy 20:18: "their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God."
Deuteronomy 24:4: "the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God"
Joshua 7:11: "Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded"
Joshua 7:20: "and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus"
Judges 10:10: "unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God,"
Judges 10:15: "said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good"
Judges 11:27: "Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD"
Judges 20:16: "every one could sling stones at a hair breadth, and not miss."
1 Samuel 2:25: "If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man"
1 Samuel 2:25: "shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding"
1 Samuel 7:6: "day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel"
1 Samuel 12:10: "unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD,"
1 Samuel 12:23: "Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing"
1 Samuel 14:33: "saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood."
1 Samuel 14:34: "his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not in eating"
1 Samuel 15:24: "said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment"
1 Samuel 15:30: "Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people,"
1 Samuel 19:4: "unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because"
1 Samuel 19:4: "against David; because sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:"
1 Samuel 19:5: "thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay"
1 Samuel 24:11: "nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul"
1 Samuel 26:21: "Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no"
2 Samuel 12:13: "said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto"
2 Samuel 19:20: "doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day"
2 Samuel 24:10: "said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that and now,"
2 Samuel 24:17: "and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: sheep,"
1 Kings 8:31: "If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear,"
1 Kings 8:33: "before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess"
1 Kings 8:35: "no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place,"
1 Kings 8:46: "If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,)"
