# H2398 חָטָא

חָטָא (châṭâʼ), Strong’s H2398: properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn KJV: bear the blame…

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*châṭâʼ* — properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn

KJV: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make)…

Occurs 238 times.

## 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

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 20:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=6) — God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld…
- [Genesis 20:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=9) — Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have…
- [Genesis 31:39](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=39) — That which was torn of animals, I didn’t bring to you. I bore its loss. Of my hand you required it, whether stolen by…
- [Genesis 39:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/39?v=9) — No one is greater in this house than I am, and he has not kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife…
- [Genesis 40:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=1) — After these things, the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
- [Genesis 42:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=22) — Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen?…
- [Genesis 43:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/43?v=9) — I’ll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don’t bring him to you, and set him before you…
- [Genesis 44:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=32) — For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the…
- [Exodus 5:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=16) — No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, ‘Make brick!’ and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault…
- [Exodus 9:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/9?v=27) — Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “I have sinned this time. The LORD is righteous, and I…