חֵטְא
ḥēṭĕʾ
sin
Strong's H2399NounHebrewTWOT 638a

חֵטְא (ḥēṭĕʾ) is a Hebrew noun meaning sin. It appears 35 times in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2399).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 638a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 638a)sin; guilt of sin; punishment for sin; crime, penalty; fault, offence
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֵטְא noun, masculine: sin

Strong's H2399 חֵטְא: a crime or its penalty
KJV:fault, × grievously, offence, (punishment of) sin.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 638: חָטָא ḥāṭāʾ — miss, go wrong, sin; miss the goal, path of right and duty, incur guilt, penalty by sin, forfeit; bear loss, make a sin offering, purify from sin, purify from uncleanness; miss the mark, induce, cause to sin, bring into guilt…

See it in Scripture

Genesis 41:9Leviticus 19:17Numbers 9:13

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