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חָטָא

to sin

also: miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt fuller range ↓

H2398 Strong's Hebrew
châṭâʼ Transliteration
/khaw-taw'/ Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible 240 appearances

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About this entry

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חטא — transliterated châṭâʼ — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “to sin.” The verb spans 4 stems, from Qal to Piel. It appears 220 verses across 27 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 20:6. It shares a root with חטא, חטא and חטאה. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.

Gloss history

Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship

Strong's · 1890
bear the blame
Modern gloss
to sin
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown. Download share card

About this word

Strong's H2398 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.

These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →

220
distinct verses
The word appears in 220 distinct verses.
27 / 39
OT books
The word appears in 27 of 39 Old Testament books.
Genesis 20:6
first appearance
The earliest occurrence is in Genesis 20:6.
Zephaniah 1:17
last appearance
The latest occurrence is in Zephaniah 1:17.
#197
by frequency
Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 197 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).

View all 220 occurrences in the concordance →


Most concentrated in

By section of the Old Testament

  • Pentateuch 68 · 31%
  • Historical 71 · 32%
  • Wisdom 34 · 15%
  • Prophets 47 · 21%

By traditional corpus

Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 220 distinct verses.

  • Prophets (Nevi'im) 98 verses · 45%
  • Torah (Pentateuch) 68 verses · 31%
  • Writings (Ketuvim) 54 verses · 25%

How translations render this word

Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).

  • King James Version: Sin 48×, We have sinned 22×, I have sinned 15×
  • American Standard Version: Sin 43×, I have sinned 13×, We have sinned 13×
  • Berean Standard Bible: Sin 24×, Commit 20×, Sins 20×
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text: Sin 51×, We have sinned 21×, He sinned 19×

King James Version Public Domain

Renders H2398 across 238 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Sin” 48×
  • “We have sinned” 22×
  • “I have sinned” 15×
  • “Sinneth” 9×
  • “Have sinned” 8×
  • “He hath sinned” 8×
  • “Sinner” 7×
  • “They have sinned” 7×
  • “He sinned” 5×
  • “Hath sinned” 4×
  • “He hath committed” 3×
  • “He sinneth” 3×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 70 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

American Standard Version Public Domain

Renders H2398 across 238 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Sin” 43×
  • “I have sinned” 13×
  • “We have sinned” 13×
  • “He hath sinned” 11×
  • “Have sinned” 6×
  • “Sinner” 6×
  • “Sinneth” 6×
  • “They have sinned” 6×
  • “He sinned” 5×
  • “Sinned” 5×
  • “He sinneth” 3×
  • “We have sinned against thee” 3×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 78 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.

Berean Standard Bible Public Domain

Renders H2398 across 233 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Sin” 24×
  • “Commit” 20×
  • “Sins” 20×
  • “We have sinned” 18×
  • “I have sinned” 13×
  • “He has committed” 11×
  • “Sinned” 10×
  • “Have sinned” 8×
  • “Purify” 6×
  • “Sinner” 5×
  • “Have i sinned” 4×
  • “Has sinned” 3×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 70 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 5 further occurrences.

unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Renders H2398 across 284 tagged occurrences — most commonly:

  • “Sin” 51×
  • “We have sinned” 21×
  • “He sinned” 19×
  • “Caused” 15×
  • “I have sinned” 15×
  • “Sins” 14×
  • “Sinned” 12×
  • “He sins” 8×
  • “Sinner” 7×
  • “They have sinned” 6×
  • “They sinned” 6×
  • “Have sinned” 5×

Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 62 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.


20 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB

Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).

What do BDB’s symbols mean?

BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:

Symbol Meaning
𝔊 the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX)
𝔙 the Vulgate (the Latin translation)
𝔖 the Syriac version (the Peshitta)
𝔗 the Targum (the Aramaic translation)
ψ the Psalms
√ root (the underlying root or stem)
‖ parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel)
† the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited

The 20 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.

Qal

  • Pf. ח׳ Ex 32:31 + 29 times, 3 fs. חָֽטְאָה Lv 5:15 La 1:8, חָטָ֑אָה Je 50:14 Ez 16:15, חָטָאת Ex 5:16, etc., + 82 times Pf.; Impf. יֶחֱטָא Lv 4:3 + 12 times, תֶּחֱטָ֫אוּ Ex 20:20 ψ 4:5, etc. + 20 times Impf.; Inf. חֲטֹא Ez 3:21 + 8 times, מֵחֲטוֹא ψ 39:2, מֵחֲטוֹ (textual error for מחטא) Gn 20:6, בְּחֶטְאָה Nu 15:28, חֲטֹאתוֹ Ez 33:12 (del. Co); Pt. חוֹטֵא Pr 13:22 + 6 times, חֹטֵא Is 1:4 Ec 9:2, חוֹטֶא Is 65:20 + 2 times, חֹטֶא Ec 8:12, sf. חֹטְאִי Pr 8:36, pl. חֹטִ֯אֿים 1 S 14:33, sf. חֹטֵאת Ez 18:4, 20;— e.g. Exodus 32:31
  • 1. miss: לא תחטא thou shalt not miss anything Jb 5:24, אָץ בְּרַגְלַיִם חוֹטֵא Pr 19:2 one hastening with his feet misseth (the way or the goal); חֹטְאִי חֹמֵס נַפְשׁוֹ Pr 8:36 the one missing me (Wisdom) is one wronging himself (opp. מֹצְאִי); miss, i.e. endanger, one’s life Pr 20:2 Hb 2:10 according to De VB (others sub 3 q.v.) e.g. Job 5:24
  • 2. sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty:
    • a. against man, abs. Ex 5:16 (E), 1 S 26:21 2 S 19:21 1 K 18:9 2 K 18:14; with לְ of the person against whom or towards whom one sins, Gn 40:1 (E), Ju 11:27 1 S 2:25; 19:4; 24:12, 1 K 8:31 = 2 Ch 6:22; מה חטאתי לך wherein have I sinned against thee? Gn 20:9 (E) Je 37:18; with בְּ, אל תחטאו בילד Gn 42:22 (E) do not sin against the lad, against David 1 S 19:4, 5. e.g. Exodus 5:16
    • b. elsewhere always against God, abs. Ex 20:20 (E), 9:34 (J) Jos 7:11 (D) Lv 4:3; 5:1, 11, 17, 21, 23 Nu 16:22 (P), Ne 6:13 Jb 1:5, 22; 7:20; 10:14; 24:19; 35:6 ψ 4:5; 78:32 Is 43:27; 64:4 Je 2:35 La 5:7 Ez 3:21(×2); 16:51; 28:16; 33:12 Ho 8:11 (del. We Kl. Proph.), v 11 10:9; 13:2; לא נתתי לחטא חכי I have not permitted my palate to sin Jb 31:30; Pt. חֹטֵא, used as adj., sinful nation Is 1:4, sinful person Ez 18:4, 20; but usually as noun, sinner Pr 11:31; 13:22; 14:21 Ec 2:26; 7:26; 8:12; 9:2, 18 Is 65:20. Sin is confessed: חָטָאנוּ we have sinned Nu 14:40; 21:7 (E) Ju 10:15 1 S 12:10, 1 K 8:47 = 2 Ch 6:37, Ne 1:6 ψ 106:6 La 5:16 Dn 9:5, 15; חטאתי I have sinned Ex 9:27 Nu 22:34 (J) 1 S 15:24, 30 2 S 24:10, 17 1 Ch 21:8, 17 Jb 33:27. Sin is universal: אין אדם אשׁר לא יחטא there is no man who sinneth not 1 K 8:46 = 2 Ch 6:36, כי אדם אין צדיק בארץ אשׁר יעשׂה טוב ולא יחטא Ec 7:20 for man there is none righteous in the earth who doeth good and sinneth not; with לְ, against God Gn 20:6 (E), 39:9 (J), Ex 32:33 Nu 32:33 (both JE), Dt 9:16; 20:18 1 S 2:25; 12:23; 14:33, 34, 1 K 8:33, 35, 46, 50 = 2 Ch 6:24, 26, 36, 39, 2 K 17:7 Ho 4:7 Mi 7:9 Zp 1:17 Je 40:3; 44:23; 50:7, 14 Ez 14:13 Is 42:24 Jb 8:4 ψ 78:17; 119:11 Ne 1:6; in confession חטאתי ל Ex 10:16 Jos 7:20 (J), 2 S 12:13 ψ 41:5; 51:6; חטאנו ל Dt 1:41 Ju 10:10 1 S 7:6 Je 3:25; 8:14; 14:7, 20 Dn 9:8, 11; with בְּ of instr., lips Jb 2:10, tongue ψ 39:2; wherein Ez 37:23 Lv 4:23 (P), therein Lv 5:22 (P); ellipsis of בְּ in phrase עונם אשׁר ח׳ לי (their) iniquity wherein they sinned against me Je 33:8(×2); בשׁגגה by error, unwittingly Lv 4:2, 22, 27; 5:15 Nu 15:27, 28 (all P); against thy judgments Ne 9:29; with עַל, with regard to Lv 5:5 Nu 6:11 (P) Ne 13:26; with cognate acc. ח׳ חֲטָאָה Ex 32:30, 31 (JE); חַטָּאת אשׁר ח׳ Nu 12:11 (J) Lv 4:3, 28(×2), 35; 5:6, 10, 13 (all P) 19:22(×2) (H), Dt 9:18 1 K 14:16, 22; 15:30; 16:13, 19 2 K 21:17 Ez 18:24; 33:16; חטאת אשׁר ח׳ ל Je 16:10 Ne 1:6; חטאת אשׁר ח׳ על Lv 4:14 (P); חֵטְא ח׳ La 1:8; חֵטְא אשׁר ח׳ Dt 19:15. e.g. Exodus 20:17
  • 3. incur guilt, penalty by sin, forfeit: וחטאתי לך כל הימים Gn 43:9 I shall incur the blame of sinning against thee all my days, cf. 44:32 (J); c. acc. חוֹטֵא נפשׁ for feiting one-self, one’s life Pr 20:2 Hb 2:10 according to most, yet v. sub 1.—והביא אשׁמו אשׁר ח׳ Lv 5:7, he shall bring his trespass-offering which he has incurred by sin; קרבנו אשׁר ח׳ Lv 5:11; את אשׁר ח׳ מן־הקדשׁ ישׁלּם v 16 what he hath incurred by taking of the holy thing he shall pay. e.g. Genesis 43:9

Piel

  • Pf. חִטֵּא Lv 14:52; sf. חִטְּאוֹ Nu 19:19, חִטֵּאתָ Ex 29:36 + 2 times; 3 pl. חִטְּאוּ Ez 43:22(×2); Impf. וַיְחַטֵּא Lv 8:15; sf. וַיְחַטְּאֵהוּ Lv 9:15, תְּחַטְּאֵנִי ψ 51:9, אֲחַטֶּנָּה Gn 31:39, וַיְחַטְּאוּ 2 Ch 29:24; Inf. חַטֵּא Lv 14:49 Ez 43:23; Pt. הַמְחַטֵּא Lv 6:19;— e.g. Leviticus 14:52
  • 1. bear loss: אָנֹכִי אֲחַטֶּנָּה I bare the loss of it Gn 31:39 (E; lit. I counted it missing? poss. read אֲחֻטּנה I was made to miss it?). e.g. Genesis 31:39
  • 2. make a sin-offering: c. sf. referring to שׂעיר Lv 9:15 (P); to sin-offering Lv 6:19 (P); על המזבח upon the altar Ex 29:36 (P; not cleanse the altar RV); ח׳ את דמם המזבחה 2 Ch 29:24 made a sin-offering with their blood on the altar. e.g. Leviticus 9:15
  • 3. purify from sin: the altar, by putting the blood of the sin-offering on its horns, Lv 8:15 (P), Ez 43:20, 22(×2), 23; the sanctuary, by applying to it the blood of the sin-offering Ez 45:18. e.g. Leviticus 8:15
  • 4. purify from uncleanness: the house of the leper by application of the mixture of living water and blood of the bird Lv 14:49, 52 (P); a person, by application of the mixture of living water and ashes of the red heifer Nu 19:19 (P), by sprinkling with a hyssop sprig ψ 51:9. e.g. Leviticus 14:49

Hiphil

  • Pf. הֶחֱטִיא 1 K 14:16 + 17 times, הֶחֶטִי֯ (Kt error for החטִיא) 2 K 13:6; sf. הֶחֱטִיאָם 2 K 17:21; pl. הֶחֱטִיאוּ 1 K 16:13 Ne 13:26; Impf. יַחֲטִא Ju 20:16 2 K 21:11; תַּחֲטִיא Dt 24:4; וַתַּחֲטִא 1 K 16:2; 21:22; pl. יַחֲטִיאוּ Ex 23:33; Inf. הַחֲטִיא Ec 5:5 1 K 16:19 Je 32:35 (Qr), הַחֲ֯טִי Je 32:35 (Kt error); Pt. pl. cstr. מַחֲטִיאֵי Is 29:21;— e.g. 1 Kings 14:16
  • 1. miss the mark: קֹלֵעַ בָּאֶבֶן אֶל־הַשַּׂעְרָה וְלֹא יַחֲטִא Ju 20:16 slinging with stones at an hair and would not miss. e.g. Judges 20:16
  • 2. induce or cause to sin: with acc. Ex 23:33 (JE), Ne 13:26; elsewhere in the phrase החטיא את ישׂראל (he) caused Israel to sin 1 K 14:16; 15:26, 30, 34; 16:2, 13, 19, 26; 21:22; 22:53; 2 K 3:3; 10:29, 31; 13:2, 6, 11; 14:24; 15:9, 18, 24, 28; 23:15; c. sf. ref. to Isr. 2 K 17:21; את יהודה 2 K 21:11, 16 Je 32:35 (sometimes c. 2nd acc.—חטאת, or אשׁר ref. to חטאת:—1 K 15:26, 34; 16:26 2 K 17:21; 21:16; prob. also 1 K 14:16; 15:30; 16:13; no 2nd acc. 1 K 16:2, 19; 21:22; 22:53 2 K 21:11; 23:15 Je 32:35; the rest are ambiguous). e.g. Exodus 23:33
  • 3. bring into guilt, condemnation, punishment: מחטיאי אדם Is 29:21 who bring a man into condemnation; לא תחטיא את הארץ Dt 24:4 thou shalt not bring the land into guilt; אל תתן את־פיך לחטיא את־בשׂרך Ec 5:5 do not permit thy mouth to bring thy flesh into punishment. e.g. Isaiah 29:21

Hithpael

  • Impf. יִתְחַטָּא Nu 19:12 + 4 times, יִתְחַטְּאוּ Nu 8:21, יִתְחַטָּ֑אוּ Jb 41:17, תִּתְחַטְּאוּ Nu 31:19, תִּתְחַטָּ֑אוּ Nu 31:20;— e.g. Numbers 19:12
  • 1. miss oneself, lose oneself, fig. for be bewildered, beside oneself, מִשְּׁבָרִים יִתְחַטָּאוּ Jb 41:17 by reason of consternation they are beside themselves (‖ יגורו are afraid). e.g. Job 41:17
  • 2. purify oneself from uncleanness, only in P:
    • a. Levites Nu 8:21. e.g. Numbers 8:21
    • b. those in contact with the dead Nu 19:12, 13, 20; 31:19, 20; with בְּ, בְּמֵי נִדָּה Nu 31:23; by a mixture of ashes of the red heifer with fresh water Nu 19:12. e.g. Numbers 19:12

Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.


Word origin

vb. miss (a goal or way), go wrong, sin (NH id.; Aramaic חֲטָא, ܚܛܳܐ; Assyrian ḫaṭû, ZimBP 46; Sab. חֿטא, החֿטא, id., DHM in MV; Arabic خَطِىَٔ do wrong, commit a mistake or an error; ii. make to miss the mark; iv. miss the mark, miss the way; Ethiopic ኀጥአ fail to find or have; sometimes sin, especially in deriv.)—

— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.

Origin: a primitive root

Part of speech: Verb TWOT: 638


Jastrow Dictionary

A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.

חָטָא

  • , v. חטי

חֵטְא

  • preced.) failure, sin. Ber. 4ᵃ שמא יגרום הח׳ perhaps sin is the cause (preventing the fulfillment of divine promise). Ib. אלא שגרם הח׳ but for sin that prevented it. Sabb. 119ᵇ, v. הֶבֶל; a. fr.—יְרֵא ח׳, יִרְאַת ח׳, v. יָרֵא a. יִרְאָה.—In Talm. Y. also חֵט. Y. Sabb. I, 3ᶜ top; a. fr.—Pl. חֲטָאִים. Ber. 10ᵃ (ref. to חַטָּאִים, Ps. CIV, 35) מי כתיב חוֹטְאִים ח׳ כתיב does the text read ḥot’im (sinners), it may be read ḥătaim (sins). Ib. כיון דְיִתַּמּוּ ח׳ וכ׳ when sins shall cease, the wicked shall be no more. Yoma IV, 2; a. fr. e.g. Psalms 104:35

חֵטא

  • ch., v. חֶטְאָה

חִטָּא I

  • (חטט), line drawn with a stylus.—Pl. חִטֵּי. Keth. 69ᵃ top ביני ח׳ between the lines, v. תְּלֵי.

חִטָּא II

  • , wheat, v. חִיטָּא.

חַטָּא

  • , v. next w.

חטי

  • [to stroll idly, saunter (v. Fl. to Levy Targ. Dict. I, 4242),] to live in luxury, to be like a nobleman, to be well-dressed, clean &c. (cmp. פנק, פרנק).
    • to make look well, polish, dress, cleanse, prepare. Ḥull. 27ᵃ (play on וש̇ח̇ט̇, Lev. I, 5) ממקום שש̇ח̇ חַטֵֹּהוּ from the place where the animal bends (its head, the front of the neck), cleanse it (let its blood run out). Ib. ממאי דהאי חטהו לישנא דדכויי הוא how can you prove that this ḥattehu has the meaning of cleansing?—Ib. ממקום שס̇ח̇ ח̇ט̇הו from where it utters sound, cleanse it. [Cant. R. to VII, 2, v. infra.] e.g. Leviticus 1:5
    • 1. to enjoy, to be gratified. Cant. R. to VII, 2 [read:] כל חִיטּוּיִין … שישראל מִתְחַטִּין וכ׳ all luxuries and enjoyments which Israel indulge in and enjoy. Men. 66ᵇ (play on נ̇ת̇ע̇ל̇ס̇ה̇, Prov. VII, 18) נ̇שא ונת̇ן ונע̇לה ונ̇שמח ונִתְחַטֵּא באהבים let us have a conversation, then let us go up and rejoice and delight ourselves with dalliances; Sifra Vayikra, N’dabah, ch. XIV, Par. 13. Men. l. c. (play on נ̇ע̇ל̇ס̇ה̇ Job XXXIX, 13) נ̇וש̇א עול̇ה ונתח̇טא; Sifra l. c. נושא ועולה ומִתְחַטֵּא he (the bird) raises (his wings) and rises and enjoys himself (differ. interpret. in Rashi). e.g. Proverbs 7:18
    • 2. to show one’s self a nobleman, to be generous, proud. Cant. R. to VII, 7 שהיה מתחטא על וכ׳ he was generous towards &c. (ref. to Gen. XIV, 23, Dan. V, 17). e.g. Genesis 14:23
    • 3. to be imperious, to lord it, to ask petulantly. Taan. III, 8 אתה מתח׳ לפני thou comest petulantly before the Lord כבן שהוא מתח׳ על וכ׳ like a son that lords it over his father &c. Cant. R. to V, 6 (explain. חמק, ib.) נתח׳ וכ׳ he became petulant, he got angry with me.

חֲטִי

  • ; part. חַטְיָא used to comfort, tender, delicate. Targ. Y. Gen. XXXIII, 13 טליא חַטְיָין (h. text רכים).
    • to cause to be generous, to persuade to leniency. Koh. R. to IX, 18 אנא אזלא ומְחַטָּא ליה I will go to appeal to his generosity (Midr. Sam. ch. XXXII ומפייסה).
    • to be raised in luxury. Part. pass. מִחְטֵי, fem. מֶחְטָיָא, מֶחְטַיְיתָא delicate. Targ. Y. I Deut. XXVIII, 54, Targ. Y. II, Deut. XXVIII, 54; 56.

חטי ²

  • (b. h.) [to miss,] to fail, err, sin. Yoma IV, 2, sq. Ber. 17ᵃ; a. fr. R. Hash. 26ᵃ חוֹטֵא בל יקריב he that sinned (with gold by making the golden calf) shall not bring nigh (the gold, enter with gold garments); ח׳ בל יתגאה he that sinned (with gold) shall not parade himself (with it).—Keth. 11ᵃ שלא יהא חוטא נשכר that the sinner may not profit by his sin; Yeb. 92ᵇ; a. e.
    • to expiate (cleanse from sin, v. חָטָא I). Yoma V, 5 (58ᵇ) מְחַטֵּא ויורד he expiates (sprinkles) and goes down (sprinkling downward; Rashi: moves his arm downward). Ib. במקומו היה עומד ומח׳ he remained in his place and sprinkled. Zeb. 53ᵃ
    • to cause to sin. Midr. Till. to Ps. IV, 5; Pesik. Shubah, p. 158ᵃ. Ab. V, 18; a. fr.

חֲטִי ²

  • Targ. Y. Gen. XLIX, 3. Targ. Josh. VII, 11; a. fr.—Sabb. 56ᵃ מֶהְטָא נמי לא חטאו but at all events they did not sin; ib. 56ᵇ ומיחטא וכ׳.—Pes. 113ᵇ; Macc. 11ᵃ, v. זִיגּוֹד; a. fr.
    • to cause to sin. Targ. Y. Num. XXVII, 3; a. e.
    • same. Targ. Y. II, Num. XXIV, 14 חַטֵּי יתהון (ed. Ven. חָטֵי) seduce them (to immorality).
    • to be tempted. Y. Taan. I, 64ᵇ bot. תִיחְטְיִי that thou be not tempted to sin (through thy husband’s absence).

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Forms in the corpus

The 156 distinct written forms H2398 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.

Form Parsing Example Uses
הֶחֱטִ֖יא Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 1 Kings 14:16 11
חָֽטְאוּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Hosea 4:7 8
חָטָ֖אנוּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Plural Daniel 9:8 7
חָטָ֖א Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Ezekiel 18:24 6
הֶחֱטִ֥יא Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 2 Kings 3:3 5
חָטָ֑א Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Ezekiel 3:21 5
חָטָֽאנוּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Plural Jeremiah 14:7 5
חָטָ֔א Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Ezekiel 33:16 4
חָטָ֣אתִי Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Exodus 9:27 4
חָטָ֥אנוּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Plural Daniel 9:5 4
חָטָ֨אתִי֙ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 1 Chronicles 21:17 4
הֶחֱטִ֣יא Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 2 Kings 10:29 3
חָטָ֔אתִי Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 1 Samuel 15:24 3
חָטָ֣אנוּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Plural Isaiah 42:24 3
חָטָֽא Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 4:28 3
יֶֽחֶטְאוּ Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 1 Kings 8:46 3
יֶחֱטָ֔א Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 1 Kings 8:46 3
יֶחֶטְאוּ Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 1 Kings 8:33 3
החטי Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct Jeremiah 32:35 2
יֶחֱטָ֨א Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 1 Samuel 2:25 2
הַ/חֹטֵ֖את Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Ezekiel 18:4 2
חֲטָאתֶ֖ם Verb, Qal, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural Exodus 32:30 2
חָטְא֣וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Ezekiel 37:23 2
חָטְא֤וּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 2 Kings 17:7 2
חָטָ֑אתִי Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 1 Kings 18:9 2
חָטָ֔אנוּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Plural 1 Samuel 12:10 2
חָטָ֖אתִי Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 2 Samuel 12:13 2
חָטָ֗א Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 5:7 2
חָטָ֗אנוּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Plural Jeremiah 3:25 2
חָטָ֜א Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 4:3 2
חָטָ֥אתִי Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Job 10:14 2
חָטָֽאוּ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 1 Kings 14:22 2
חָטָא֙ Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 1 Samuel 19:4 2
חוֹטֵֽא Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Proverbs 13:22 2
יֶחֱטָ֥א Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 1 Kings 8:31 2
לַ/חֲטֹ֑א Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct Exodus 9:34 2
אֲחַטֶּ֔/נָּה Verb, Piel, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Genesis 31:39 1
אֶֽחֱטָא Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Psalms 119:11 1
בְּ/חֶטְאָ֥ה Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute Numbers 15:28 1
הֶחֱטִ֔יאוּ Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Nehemiah 13:26 1
הֶחֱטִ֨יאוּ֙ Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 1 Kings 16:13 1
הַֽ/מְחַטֵּ֥א Verb, Piel, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Leviticus 6:26 1
הַחֲטִ֥יא Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct Jeremiah 32:35 1
וְ/הֶחֱטֵיאָ֖/ם Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 2 Kings 17:21 1
וְ/הַ֣/חוֹטֶ֔א Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Isaiah 65:20 1
וְ/חִטְּא/וֹ֙ Verb, Piel, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Numbers 19:19 1
וְ/חִטְּאוּ֙ Verb, Piel, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural Ezekiel 43:22 1
וְ/חִטֵּ֣א Verb, Piel, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular Leviticus 14:52 1
וְ/חִטֵּאתָ֖ Verb, Piel, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Ezekiel 45:18 1
וְ/חִטֵּאתָ֙ Verb, Piel, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 29:36 1
וְ/חִטֵּאתָ֥ Verb, Piel, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Ezekiel 43:20 1
וְ/חָֽטְאָה֙ Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular Leviticus 5:15 1
וְ/חָטָ֑אתִי Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Nehemiah 6:13 1
וְ/חָטָ֖אתִי Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Genesis 39:9 1
וְ/חָטָ֥את Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular Exodus 5:16 1
וְ/חָטָ֥אתִֽי Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Genesis 43:9 1
וְ/חָטָ֥אתִי Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular Genesis 44:32 1
וְ/חוֹטֵ֖א Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Ecclesiastes 7:26 1
וְ/חוֹטֵ֥א Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Habakkuk 2:10 1
וְ/חוֹטֵֽא Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute Proverbs 11:31 1

The 60 most common forms are shown; 96 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.


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