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חָטָא
châṭâʼ · Hebrew · Strong's H2398 · 238 occurrences
The KJV renders 18 different Hebrew and Greek words as “commit”
What it means
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
a primitive root;
How the KJV renders it
bear the blame, cleanse, commit, by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, offend, offer for sin, purge, purify, make reconciliation, cause, make sinful, ness, trespass
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“commit”
also renders
prássō (G4238), ergázomai (G2038), eáō (G1439), poiéō (G4160), paradídōmi (G3860), pisteúō (G4100), porneúō (G4203), títhēmi (G5087), dídōmi (G1325), paratíthēmi (G3908), gâlal (H1556), zânâh (H2181), mâʻal (H4603), nâthan (H5414), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâʻal (H6466), pâqad (H6485)“cause”
also renders
aitía (G156), poiéō (G4160), katergázomai (G2716), lógos (G3056), bûwsh (H954), bᵉṭêl (H989), bîyn (H995), bâʻâh (H1158), dâbâr (H1697), dibrâh (H1700), dîyn (H1779), kâshal (H3782), nᵉçibbâh (H5252), nâthan (H5414), çibbâh (H5438), râgaʻ (H7280), rîyb (H7379)“ness”
also renders
parrhēsía (G3954), asthenḗs (G772), gâdôwl (H1419), dâbâr (H1697), zimmâh (H2154), chêçêd (H2617), ṭôwb (H2896), yârêʼ (H3372), mêyshâr (H4339), mâʻaṭ (H4591), mar (H4751), mârar (H4843), mâthôwq (H4966), tsedeq (H6664), raʻ (H7451), râshaʻ (H7561)“offend”
also renders
hamartánō (G264), ptaíō (G4417), skandalízō (G4624), ʼashmâh (H819), bâgad (H898), pâshaʻ (H6586)“purge”
also renders
ekkathaírō (G1571), kathaírō (G2508), katharízō (G2511), dûwach (H1740), zâqaq (H2212)“trespass”
also renders
hamartánō (G264), paráptōma (G3900), maʻal (H4604), peshaʻ (H6588)“purify”
also renders
katharízō (G2511), hagnízō (G48), zâqaq (H2212)“loss”
also renders zēmía (G2209), apobolḗ (G580)
“miss”
also renders
pâqad (H6485)Answers that weigh this word
Where it appears
238 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 21:8 · HVqp1cs
David said to God, “I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now put away, I beg you, the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.”
1 Chronicles 21:17 · HVqp1cs
David said to God, “Isn’t it I who commanded the people to be counted? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O Yahweh my God, be against me and against my father’s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.”
1 Kings 8:31 · HVqi3ms
“If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house,
1 Kings 8:33 · HVqi3mp
“When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, if they turn again to you and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you in this house,
1 Kings 8:35 · HVqi3mp
“When the sky is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and confess your name, and turn from their sin when you afflict them,
1 Kings 8:46 · HVqi3mp
If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near;
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Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.