חָטָא

cha.ta
to sin
Strong’s H2398Verb238 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

we have sinned24
i have sinned22
he caused to sin19
he has sinned17
he sinned9
they have sinned9
they sinned8
it will sin8

In the text

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חָטָא 238 vb. miss (a goal or way), go wrong, sin
Qal
1. miss
2. sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty
3. incur guilt, penalty by sin, forfeit
Pi.
1. bear loss
2. make a sin offering
3. purify from sin
4. purify from uncleanness
Hiph.
1. miss the mark
2. induce or cause to sin
3. bring into guilt, condemnation, punishment
Hithp.
1. miss oneself, lose oneself, fig. for be bewildered, beside oneself
2. purify oneself from uncleanness

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.