Lexical Definition

‎חַטָּא‎ chaṭṭâʼ (khat-taw') sinner ^{H:N-M / H:A}
intensively from ‎חָטָא‎

offender, sinful, sinner.

• a criminal, or one accounted guilty

n m
1) sinners
adj
2) sinful
3) exposed to condemnation, reckoned as offenders

See Greek: ἄνομος · ἀσεβής

Extended Information

• adj

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חַטָּא‎] adjective and noun masculine

1. sinful,

2. sinners — as feminine adjective ‎חַטָּאָה‎ Amos 9:8, elsewhere only plural ‎חַטָּאִים‎ Num 32:14 + 15 t.; construct ‎חַטָּאֵי‎ Amos 9:10 suffix ‎חַטָּאֶיהָ‎ Isa 13:9 —

1. adjective a. sinful men Num 32:14 (J), kingdom Amos 9:8.
b. exposed to condemnation, reckoned as offenders 1Kgs 1:21 (compare Hiph`il Participle Isa 29:21). Elsewhere

2. noun masculine sinners Num 17:3* (P), 1Sam 15:18; Amos 9:10; Isa 1:28; Isa 13:9; Ps 1:1; Ps 1:5; Ps 25:8; Ps 26:9; Ps 51:15*; Ps 104:35; Prov 1:10; Prov 13:21; Prov 23:17 ‎ליהוה‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ sinners against ‎׳‎‎י‎ Gen 13:13 (J).

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