חַטָּאָה
chaṭṭâʼâh · khat-taw-aw'
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
Lexicon
Derivation: or חַטָּאת; from H2398 (חָטָא);
an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
- an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation
- also, (concretely) an offender
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to surround and contain › strength, the leader › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect that works to surround and contain of strength, the leader that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חַטָּאָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
295 occurrences · 295 OT · 0 NT · 175 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for a sin offering53 · 33%
- of the sin offering17 · 10%
- their sin7 · 4%
- the sin7 · 4%
- for the sin offering7 · 4%
- the sin offering6 · 4%
- it is a sin offering5 · 3%
- their sins5 · 3%
- and the sin offering5 · 3%
- for his sin5 · 3%
- not from the sins5 · 3%
- and in his sin5 · 3%
- and sin3 · 2%
- your sin3 · 2%
- his sin3 · 2%
- for the sin3 · 2%
- thy sins3 · 2%
- and their sin3 · 2%
- my sin3 · 2%
- for your sins3 · 2%
- in all their sins3 · 2%
- his sin offering2 · 1%
- and the sin2 · 1%
- or if his sin2 · 1%
- sin2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.