שְׁגָגָה
she.ga.gah
“unintentionally”
Definition
a mistake or inadvertent transgression
from H7683 (שָׁגַג);
- sin, sin of error or inadvertence, inadvertent sin 1a) error
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
שְׁגָגָה appears 17 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt.
and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.
Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.