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Hebrew word study

חָטָאchâṭâʼ — properly, to miss

Pronounced “khaw-taw'”

properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

Translated in the King James as: 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.

Appears 237 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 8×
Genesis 20:6Genesis 20:9Genesis 31:39Genesis 39:9Genesis 40:1Genesis 42:22Genesis 43:9Genesis 44:32
Exodus — 10×
Exodus 5:16Exodus 9:27Exodus 9:34Exodus 10:16Exodus 20:20Exodus 23:33Exodus 29:36Exodus 32:30Exodus 32:31Exodus 32:33
Leviticus — 29×
Leviticus 4:2Leviticus 4:3Leviticus 4:14Leviticus 4:22Leviticus 4:23Leviticus 4:27Leviticus 4:28Leviticus 4:35Leviticus 5:1Leviticus 5:5Leviticus 5:6Leviticus 5:7Leviticus 5:10Leviticus 5:13Leviticus 5:15Leviticus 5:16Leviticus 5:17Leviticus 6:2Leviticus 6:3Leviticus 6:4Leviticus 6:26Leviticus 8:15Leviticus 9:15Leviticus 14:49Leviticus 14:52+ 4 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 18×
Numbers 6:11Numbers 8:21Numbers 12:11Numbers 14:40Numbers 15:27Numbers 15:28Numbers 16:22Numbers 19:12Numbers 19:13Numbers 19:19Numbers 19:20Numbers 21:7Numbers 22:34Numbers 31:19Numbers 31:20Numbers 31:23Numbers 32:23+ 1 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 6×
Deuteronomy 1:41Deuteronomy 9:16Deuteronomy 9:18Deuteronomy 19:15Deuteronomy 20:18Deuteronomy 24:4
Joshua — 2×
Joshua 7:11Joshua 7:20
Judges — 4×
Judges 10:10Judges 10:15Judges 11:27Judges 20:16
1 Samuel — 14×
1 Sam 2:251 Sam 7:61 Sam 12:101 Sam 12:231 Sam 14:331 Sam 14:341 Sam 15:241 Sam 15:301 Sam 19:41 Sam 19:51 Sam 24:111 Sam 26:21+ 2 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel — 4×
2 Sam 12:132 Sam 19:202 Sam 24:102 Sam 24:17
1 Kings — 23×
1 Ki 8:311 Ki 8:331 Ki 8:351 Ki 8:461 Ki 8:471 Ki 8:501 Ki 14:161 Ki 14:221 Ki 15:261 Ki 15:301 Ki 15:341 Ki 16:21 Ki 16:131 Ki 16:191 Ki 16:261 Ki 18:91 Ki 21:221 Ki 22:52+ 5 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings — 18×
2 Ki 3:32 Ki 10:292 Ki 10:312 Ki 13:22 Ki 13:62 Ki 13:112 Ki 14:242 Ki 15:92 Ki 15:182 Ki 15:242 Ki 15:282 Ki 17:72 Ki 17:212 Ki 18:142 Ki 21:112 Ki 21:162 Ki 21:172 Ki 23:15
1 Chronicles — 2×
1 Chr 21:81 Chr 21:17
2 Chronicles — 8×
2 Chr 6:222 Chr 6:242 Chr 6:262 Chr 6:362 Chr 6:372 Chr 6:392 Chr 29:24+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles
Nehemiah — 6×
Nehemiah 1:6Nehemiah 6:13Nehemiah 9:29Nehemiah 13:26+ 2 more in Nehemiah
Job — 12×
Job 1:5Job 1:22Job 2:10Job 5:24Job 7:20Job 8:4Job 10:14Job 24:19Job 31:30Job 33:27Job 35:6Job 41:25
Psalms — 9×
Psalms 4:4Psalms 39:1Psalms 41:4Psalms 51:4Psalms 51:7Psalms 78:17Psalms 78:32Psalms 106:6Psalms 119:11
Proverbs — 6×
Proverbs 8:36Proverbs 11:31Proverbs 13:22Proverbs 14:21Proverbs 19:2Proverbs 20:2
Ecclesiastes — 7×
Eccles 2:26Eccles 5:6Eccles 7:20Eccles 7:26Eccles 8:12Eccles 9:2Eccles 9:18
Isaiah — 6×
Isaiah 1:4Isaiah 29:21Isaiah 42:24Isaiah 43:27Isaiah 64:5Isaiah 65:20
Jeremiah — 14×
Jeremiah 2:35Jeremiah 3:25Jeremiah 8:14Jeremiah 14:7Jeremiah 14:20Jeremiah 16:10Jeremiah 32:35Jeremiah 33:8Jeremiah 37:18Jeremiah 40:3Jeremiah 44:23Jeremiah 50:7Jeremiah 50:14+ 1 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations — 3×
Lam 1:8Lam 5:7Lam 5:16
Ezekiel — 16×
Ezekiel 3:21Ezekiel 14:13Ezekiel 16:51Ezekiel 18:4Ezekiel 18:20Ezekiel 18:24Ezekiel 28:16Ezekiel 33:12Ezekiel 33:16Ezekiel 37:23Ezekiel 43:20Ezekiel 43:22Ezekiel 43:23Ezekiel 45:18+ 2 more in Ezekiel
Daniel — 4×
Daniel 9:5Daniel 9:8Daniel 9:11Daniel 9:15
Hosea — 5×
Hosea 4:7Hosea 8:11Hosea 10:9Hosea 13:2+ 1 more in Hosea
Micah — 1×
Micah 7:9
Habakkuk — 1×
Habakkuk 2:10
Zephaniah — 1×
Zeph 1:17

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