Strong's Lexicon

H2400

H2400 — חַטָּא

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewchattaadjectiveOccurrences: 18TWOT: 638b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2400
Word:חַטָּא
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:intensively from H2398
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:18
Transliteration:chatta
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khat-taw'
Meaning:1. a criminal, or one accounted guilty
KJV Renderings:offender, sinful, sinner.

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[חַטָּא] adjective and noun masculine

1. sinful,
2. sinners
— as feminine adjective חַטָּאָה Amos 9:8, elsewhere only plural חַטָּאִים Num 32:14 + 15 t.; construct חַטָּאֵי Amos 9:10 suffix חַטָּאֶיהָ Isa 13:9 —
1. adjective
a. sinful men Num 32:14 ( J ), kingdom Amos 9:8.
b. exposed to condemnation, reckoned as offenders 1Kgs 1:21 (compare Hiph`il Participle Isa 29:21). Elsewhere
2. noun masculine sinners Num 17:3 ( P ), 1Sam 15:18; Amos 9:10; Isa 1:28 ; Isa 13:9 ; Ps 1:1; Ps 1:5; Ps 25:8; Ps 26:9; Ps 51:15; Ps 104:35 ; Prov 1:10; Prov 13:21 ; Prov 23:17 ליהוה ׳ ח sinners against ׳ י Gen 13:13 ( J ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חטא (g’hat-tāh’)

Numbers 16:88

EHCC: (17:3). The censera of these sinners

Numbers 32:14

KJV: 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.
EHCC: an increase of sinful men,

Numbers 25:8

KJV: And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
EHCC: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

Numbers 51:13

EHCC: (15).and sinners shall be converted

Numbers 104:35

EHCC: Let the sinners be consumed out of

Proverbs 1:10

KJV: My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
EHCC: if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

Proverbs 13:21

KJV: Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
EHCC: Evil pursueth sinners:

Proverbs 23:17

KJV: Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.
EHCC: Let not thine heart envy sinners:

Isaiah 1:28

KJV: And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.destruction: Heb. breaking
EHCC: transgressors and of the sinners

Isaiah 18:9

EHCC: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof’

Isaiah 83:14

EHCC: The sinners in Zion are afraid ;

Amos 9:10

KJV: All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
EHCC: All the sinners of my people
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