חֲטָאָה
cha.ta.ah
“sin”
Definition
an offence, or a sacrifice forit
feminine of H2399 (חֵטְא);
- sin, sin offering 1a) sin 1b) sin offering Aramaic equivalent: chat.ta.ah (*חַטָּאָה *"sin offering" H2402)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
חֲטָאָה appears 7 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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.
“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
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.”
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.
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.”
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.