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חֵטְא H2399

H2399 is the Hebrew word חֵטְא, transliterated chêṭᵉʼ and said khate. The King James Version most often renders it sin.

Word: חֵטְאTransliteration: chêṭᵉʼSaid: khateLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 21 verses

What it means

a crime or its penalty.

Where it comes from

from H2398 (חָטָא).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

sin 6×own sin 3×sins 3×no sin 2×faults 1×committed a sin 1×howbeit from the sins 1×after our sins 1×though your sins 1×grievously 1×because for our sins 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: fault, [idiom] grievously, offence, (punishment of) sin.

Verses using חֵטְא

All 21 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 41:9 · KJV

Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:

Leviticus 20:20 · KJV

And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

Leviticus 22:9 · KJV

They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.

Numbers 18:22 · KJV

Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die.

Numbers 18:32 · KJV

And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die.

Numbers 27:3 · KJV

Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.

Deuteronomy 19:15 · KJV

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

Deuteronomy 21:22 · KJV

And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree:

Deuteronomy 22:26 · KJV

But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

2 Kings 10:29 · KJV

Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.

2 Kings 14:6 · KJV

But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

2 Chronicles 25:4 · KJV

But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

Psalm 51:5 · KJV

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Psalm 51:9 · KJV

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

Psalm 103:10 · KJV

He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

Isaiah 1:18 · KJV

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isaiah 38:17 · KJV

Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Isaiah 53:12 · KJV

Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Lamentations 1:8 · KJV

Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.

Ezekiel 23:49 · KJV

And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

Daniel 9:16 · KJV

O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2399 mean?

H2399 is the Hebrew word חֵטְא (chêṭᵉʼ), meaning a crime or its penalty.

How is H2399 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it sin (6 times), own sin (3 times), sins (3 times), no sin (2 times), faults (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2399 appear in the Bible?

חֵטְא (chêṭᵉʼ) is tagged in 21 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2399 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H2398 (חָטָא).

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