חַטָּאchaṭṭâʼ
a criminal, or one accounted guilty
Pronunciation: khat-taw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2400
Meanings
1. sinful
2. sinners
1.
a. sinful (Numbers 32:14; Amos 9:8)
b. exposed to condemnation, reckoned as offenders (1 Kings 1:21; Isaiah 29:21)
2. sinners (Numbers 17:3; 1 Samuel 15:18; Amos 9:10)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 13:13 But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the Lord.
- Numbers 16:38 Take the incense burners of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, and hammer the metal into a thin sheet to overlay the altar. Since these burners were used in the Lord’s presence, they have become holy. Let them serve as a warning to the people of Israel.”
- Numbers 32:14 But here you are, a brood of sinners, doing exactly the same thing! You are making the Lord even angrier with Israel.
- 1 Samuel 15:18 And the Lord sent you on a mission and told you, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.’
- 1 Kings 1:21 If you do not act, my son Solomon and I will be treated as criminals as soon as my lord the king has died.”
- Psalms 1:1 Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).