חֲטָאָהchăṭâʼâh
sin, sin-offering (?)
Pronunciation: khat-aw-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2401
Meanings
1. sin (Genesis 20:9; Exodus 32:21; Exodus 32:30)
2. sin-offering (Psalms 40:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 20:9 Then Abimelech called for Abraham. “What have you done to us?” he demanded. “What crime have I committed that deserves treatment like this, making me and my kingdom guilty of this great sin? No one should ever do what you have done!
- Exodus 32:21 Finally, he turned to Aaron and demanded, “What did these people do to you to make you bring such terrible sin upon them?”
- Exodus 32:30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a terrible sin, but I will go back up to the Lord on the mountain. Perhaps I will be able to obtain forgiveness for your sin.”
- Exodus 32:31 So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Oh, what a terrible sin these people have committed. They have made gods of gold for themselves.
- 2 Kings 17:21 For when the Lord tore Israel away from the kingdom of David, they chose Jeroboam son of Nebat as their king. But Jeroboam drew Israel away from following the Lord and made them commit a great sin.
- Psalms 32:1 Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!
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).