The meaning of “חַטָּא”
Understanding chaṭṭâʼ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
intensively from חָטָא offender, sinful, sinner. - a criminal, or one accounted guilty n m 1) sinners adj 2) sinful 3) e...
חַטָּא
intensively from חָטָא offender, sinful, sinner. - a criminal, or one accounted guilty n m 1) sinners adj 2) sinful 3) exposed to condemnation, reckoned as offenders
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 13:13 | “But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.” Word: חַטָּא (chaṭṭâʼ) | |
| Numbers 32:14 | “And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Israel.” Word: חַטָּא (chaṭṭâʼ) | |
| 1 Samuel 15:18 | “And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.” Word: חַטָּא (chaṭṭâʼ) | |
| 1 Kings 1:21 | “Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.” Word: חַטָּא (chaṭṭâʼ) | |
| Psalms 26:9 | “Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:” Word: חַטָּא (chaṭṭâʼ) |
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