חֵטְא
chet
“sin”
Definition
a crime or its penalty
from H2398 (חָטָא);
- sin 1a) sin 1b) guilt for sin 1c) punishment for sin Aramaic equivalent: cha.ti (*חֲטָי *"sin" H2408)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
חֵטְא appears 28 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
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.
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post,for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
Surely for my own welfareI had such great anguish;but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion,for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.
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