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Old Testament:

חָטָא châṭâ’ (khaw-taw’)
- Strong: A primitive root; properly to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn: – bear the blame, cleanse, commit sin, by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, offend, make to offend, offender, offer for sin, purge, purify self, make reconciliation, cause to make reconciliation, sin, sinful, sinfulness, trespassive
- Brown-Driver-Briggs:
  - 1) to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness
    - 1a) (Qal)
      - 1a1) to miss
      - 1a2) to sin, miss the goal or path of right and duty
      - 1a3) to incur guilt, incur penalty by sin, forfeit
    - 1b) (Piel)
      - 1b1) to bear loss
      - 1b2) to make a sin-offering
      - 1b3) to purify from sin
      - 1b4) to purify from uncleanness
    - 1c) (Hiphil)
      - 1c1) to miss the mark
      - 1c2) to induce to sin, cause to sin
      - 1c3) to bring into guilt or condemnation or punishment
    - 1d) (Hithpael)
      - 1d1) to miss oneself, lose oneself, wander from the way
      - 1d2) to purify oneself from uncleanness
  - Total KJV Occurrences: 239
  - “Chata” Scriptures

חֲטָאָה chataah (khat-aw-aw’)
- Strong: chăṭâ’âh; Feminine of H2399; an offence, or a sacrifice for it: – sin (offering), sinful.
- Brown-Driver-Briggs:
  - 1) sin, sin offering
    - 1a) sin
    - 1b) sin offering
- Total KJV Occurrences: 9
- “chataah” scriptures

חֵטְא chêṭ’ (khate)
- Strong: From H2398 (châṭâ’ — #1 above); a crime or its penalty: – fault, offence, punishment of sin.
- Brown-Driver-Briggs:
  - ) sin
    1a) sin
    1b) guilt for sin
    1c) punishment for sin
- Total KJV Occurances: 33
- “chet” scriptures

אָשָׁם ‘âshâm (aw-shawm’)
- Strong: From H816; guilt; by implication a fault; also a sin offering: – guiltiness, sin, offering for sin, trespass, trespass offering.
- Brown-Driver-Briggs:
  - 1) guilt, offense, guiltiness
    - 1a) offense, trespass, fault
    - 1b) guilt, guiltiness
    - 1c) compensation (for offense)
    - 1d) trespass offering, guilt offering
- Total KJV Occurrences: 47
- “asham” scriptures

שָׁגַג shâgag (shaw-gag’)
- Strong: A primitive root; to stray, that is, (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology): – deceived, err, go astray, sin ignorantly.
- Brown-Driver-Briggs:
  - 1) to go astray, err, commit sin or error
    - 1a) (Qal)
      - 1a1) to err (mentally)
        1a2) to sin (ignorantly or inadvertently)
- Total KJV Occurrences: 11
- “shagag” scriptures

Sin in the New Testament

New Testament:

ἁμαρτία hamartia (ham-ar-tee’-ah)
- Strong: From G264; sin (properly abstract): – offense, sin, sinful.
- Thayer:
  - 1) equivalent to 264
    - 1a) to be without a share in
    - 1b) to miss the mark
    - 1c) to err, be mistaken
    - 1d) to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour,to do or go wrong
    - 1e) to wander from the law of God, violate God’s law, sin
  - 2) that which is done wrong, sin, an offence, a violation of the divine law in thought or in act
  - 3) collectively, the complex or aggregate of sins committed either by a single person or by many
- Total KJV Occurrences: 174
- “hamartia” scriptures

Harmartia Scriptures

“hamartia” definition
sin, 94
- Matthew 12:31, John 1:29, John 8:34 (2), John 8:46, John 9:41 (2), John 15:22 (2), John 15:24, John 16:8-9 (2), John 19:11, Acts 7:60, Romans 3:9, Romans 3:20, Romans 4:8, Romans 5:12-13 (4), Romans 5:20-21 (2), Romans 6:1-2 (2), Romans 6:6-7 (3), Romans 6:10-14 (5), Romans 6:16-18 (3), Romans 6:20, Romans 6:22-23 (2), Romans 7:7-9 (5), Romans 7:11, Romans 7:13-14 (4), Romans 7:17, Romans 7:20, Romans 7:23, Romans 7:25, Romans 8:2-3 (3), Romans 8:10, Romans 14:23, 1 Corinthians 15:56 (2), 2 Corinthians 5:21 (2), Galatians 2:17, Galatians 3:22, 2 Thessalonians 2:3, Hebrews 3:13, Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 9:26, Hebrews 9:28, Hebrews 10:6, Hebrews 10:8, Hebrews 10:18, Hebrews 11:25, Hebrews 12:1, Hebrews 12:4, Hebrews 13:11, James 1:15 (2), James 2:9, James 4:17, 1 Peter 2:22, 1 Peter 4:1, 2 Peter 2:14, 1 John 1:7-8 (2), 1 John 3:4-5 (3), 1 John 3:8-9 (2), 1 John 5:16-17 (4)
sins, 78
- Matthew 1:21, Matthew 3:6, Matthew 9:2, Matthew 9:5-6 (2), Matthew 26:28, Mark 2:4-5 (3), Mark 2:7, Mark 2:9-10 (2), Luke 1:77, Luke 3:3, Luke 5:20-21 (2), Luke 5:23-24 (2), Luke 7:47-49 (3), Luke 11:4, Luke 24:47, John 8:21, John 8:24 (2), John 9:34, John 20:23, Acts 2:38, Acts 3:19, Acts 5:31, Acts 10:43, Acts 13:38, Acts 22:16, Acts 26:18, Romans 4:7, Romans 7:5, Romans 11:27, 1 Corinthians 15:3, 1 Corinthians 15:17, Galatians 1:4, Ephesians 2:1, Colossians 1:14, Colossians 2:11, 1 Thessalonians 2:16, 1 Timothy 5:22, 1 Timothy 5:24, 2 Timothy 3:6, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 2:17, Hebrews 5:1, Hebrews 5:3, Hebrews 7:27, Hebrews 8:12, Hebrews 9:28, Hebrews 10:2-4 (3), Hebrews 10:11-12 (2), Hebrews 10:17, Hebrews 10:26, James 5:15, James 5:20, 1 Peter 2:24 (2), 1 Peter 3:18, 1 Peter 4:8, 2 Peter 1:9, 1 John 1:9 (2), 1 John 2:2, 1 John 2:12, 1 John 3:5, 1 John 4:10, Revelation 1:5, Revelation 18:4-5 (2)
offence, 1
- 2 Corinthians 11:7
sinful, 1
- Romans 8:3

ἁμαρτάνω hamartanō (ham-ar-tan’-o)
- Strong: Perhaps from G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G3313; properly to miss the mark (and so not share in the prize), that is, (figuratively) to err, especially (morally) to sin: – for your faults, offend, sin, trespass.
- Thayer:
  - 1) to be without a share in
  - 2) to miss the mark
  - 3) to err, be mistaken
  - 4) to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honour, to do or go wrong
  - 5) to wander from the law of God, violate God’s law, sin
- Total KJV Occurrences: 43
- “hamartano” scriptures

Hamartano scriptures

“hamartano” definition
sin, 16
- Matthew 18:21, John 5:14, John 8:11, John 9:2, Romans 6:15, 1 Corinthians 8:12 (2), 1 Corinthians 15:34, Ephesians 4:26, 1 Timothy 5:20, Hebrews 10:26, 1 John 2:1 (2), 1 John 3:9, 1 John 5:16 (2)
sinned, 15
- Matthew 27:4, Luke 15:18, Luke 15:21, John 9:3, Romans 2:12 (2), Romans 3:23, Romans 5:12, Romans 5:14, Romans 5:16, 1 Corinthians 7:28 (2), Hebrews 3:17, 2 Peter 2:4, 1 John 1:10
sinneth, 7
- 1 Corinthians 6:18, 1 Corinthians 7:36, Titus 3:11, 1 John 3:6 (2), 1 John 3:8, 1 John 5:18
trespass, 3
- Matthew 18:15, Luke 17:3-4 (2)
faults, 1
- 1 Peter 2:20
offended, 1
- Acts 25:8

ἁμάρτημα hamartēma (ham-ar’-tay-mah)
- Strong: From G264 (#2 above); a sin (properly concrete): – sin.
- Thayer:
  - 1) sin, evil deed
- Total KJV Occurrences: 4
- “hamartema” scriptures

Hamartema script

“hamartēma” definition
sins, 3
- Mark 3:28, Mark 4:12, Romans 3:25
sin, 1
- 1 Corinthians 6:18

ἀναμάρτητος anamartētos (an-am-ar’-tay-tos)
- Strong: From G1 (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of G264; sinless: – that is without sin.
- Thayer:
  - 1) sinless
    - 1a) of one who has not sinned
    - 1b) of one who cannot sin
- Total KJV Occurrences: 2
- “anamartetos” scriptures

Anamartetos script

“anamartētos” definition
sin, 1
- John 8:7
without, 1
- John 8:7 (2)

προαμαρτάνω proamartanō (pro-am-ar-tan’-o)
- Strong: From G4253 and G264; to sin previously before conversion: – sin already, heretofore sin.
- Thayer:
  - 1) to sin before
    - 1a) of those who before receiving baptism had been guilty of the vices especially common among the Gentiles
- Total KJV Occurrences: 4
- “proamartano” scriptures

Proamartano script

“proamartanō” definition
sinned, 2
- 2 Corinthians 12:21, 2 Corinthians 13:2
already, 1
- 2 Corinthians 12:21
heretofore, 1
- 2 Corinthians 13:2

Synonyms

These are the synonyms found in various internet searches on 7-19-23. Searches were performed on Sin, Sinning, and Sinned.

From Thesaurus.com
- Noun for illegal or immoral action.
  - “crime, error, evil, fault, guilt, immorality, lust, misdeed, offense, shortcoming, transgression, violation, wrong, wrongdoing, anger, covetousness, damnation, debt, deficiency, demerit, disobedience, envy, gluttony, imperfection, iniquity, peccadillo, pride, sinfulness, sloth, tort, trespass, ungodliness, unrighteousness, vice, wickedness, wrongness, evildoing, peccability, peccancy, veniality.”
- Verb for committing illegal or immoral actions.
  - backslide, cheat, deviate, err, fall, lapse, misbehave, misconduct, offend, stray, transgress, trespass, wander, break commandment, break law, commit crime, do wrong, fall from grace, go astray, live in sin, sow wild oats, take the primrose path, wallow in the mire, immoral
From Synonym.com
- unrighteousness, sinfulness, wickedness
- infract, transgress, fall, go against, breach, violate, break, offend
- blunder, drop the ball, goof, violate, break
- dishonour, dishonorableness, dishonor, impiousness, impiety, immorality, dishonesty, unjustness
From WordReference.com
- Sense: Verb: do wrong
  - Synonyms: err, do wrong, commit a crime, offend, trespass, transgress, go astray, live in sin, commit a sin, break one of the Commandments, stray from the path of duty, wander from the paths of righteousness, fall from grace, fall from virtue, take the primrose path, wander from the straight and narrow, commit an offense, commit an offence (UK)
- Sense: Noun: immorality
  - Synonyms: immorality, evil, evildoing, bad, wrong, wickedness, wrongdoing, villainy, lapse
- Sense: Noun: vice
  - Synonyms: vice, corruption, depravity, crime
- Sense: Noun: misdeed
  - Synonyms: misdeed, misdoing, wrongdoing, error, trespass, violation, transgression, breach, offense, offence (UK), misdemeanor, misdemeanour (UK)
- Sense: Noun: shortcoming
  - Synonyms: shortcoming, fault, failing, weakness, fatal flaw
- Sense: Noun: lamentable act
  - Synonyms: shame, pity , disgrace, crime , crying shame

Sin chata scriptures

Used as sinned, 102

See chata defination
Exodus 9:27, Exodus 9:34, Exodus 10:16, Exodus 32:30-31 (2), Exodus 32:33, Leviticus 4:3, Leviticus 4:14, Leviticus 4:22-23 (2), Leviticus 4:28 (2), Leviticus 5:5-6 (2), Leviticus 5:10-11 (2), Leviticus 5:13, Leviticus 6:4, Numbers 12:11 (2), Numbers 14:40, Numbers 21:7, Numbers 22:34, Numbers 32:23, Deuteronomy 1:41, Deuteronomy 9:16, Deuteronomy 9:18, Joshua7:11, Joshua7:20, Judges 10:10, Judges 10:15, Judges 11:27, 1 Samuel 7:6, 1 Samuel 12:10, 1 Samuel 15:24, 1 Samuel 15:30, 1 Samuel 19:4, 1 Samuel 24:11, 1 Samuel 26:21, 2 Samuel 12:13, 2 Samuel 19:20, 2 Samuel 24:10, 2 Samuel 24:17, 1 Kings 8:33, 1 Kings 8:35, 1 Kings 8:47, 1 Kings 8:50, 1 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 16:19, 1 Kings 18:9, 2 Kings 17:7, 2 Kings 21:17, 1 Chronicles 21:8, 1 Chronicles 21:17, 2 Chronicles 6:24, 2 Chronicles 6:26, 2 Chronicles 6:37, 2 Chronicles 6:39, Nehemiah 1:6 (2), Nehemiah 9:29, Job 1:5, Job 1:22, Job 7:20, Job 8:4, Job 24:19, Job 33:27, Psalms 51:4 (2), Psalms 78:17, Psalms 78:32, Psalms 106:6, Isaiah 42:24, Isaiah 43:27, Isaiah 64:5, Jeremiah 2:35, Jeremiah 3:25, Jeremiah 8:14, Jeremiah 14:7, Jeremiah 14:20, Jeremiah 33:8 (2), Jeremiah 40:3, Jeremiah 44:23, Jeremiah 50:7, Jeremiah 50:14, Lamentations 1:8, Lamentations 5:7, Lamentations 5:16, Ezekiel 18:24, Ezekiel 28:16, Ezekiel 37:23, Daniel 9:5, Daniel 9:8, Daniel 9:11, Daniel 9:15, Hosea 4:7, Habakkuk 2:9-10 (3), Zephaniah 1:17

sin, 69

Genesis 39:9, Genesis 42:22, Exodus 20:20, Exodus 23:33, Leviticus 4:2-3 (2), Leviticus 4:27, Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 5:15, Leviticus 5:17, Leviticus 6:2, Numbers 15:26-27 (2), Numbers 16:22, Deuteronomy 20:18, Deuteronomy 24:4, 1 Samuel 2:25 (2), 1 Samuel 12:23, 1 Samuel 14:33-34 (2), 1 Samuel 19:4-5 (2), 1 Kings 8:46, 1 Kings 14:16 (2), 1 Kings 15:26, 1 Kings 15:30, 1 Kings 15:34, 1 Kings 16:2, 1 Kings 16:13, 1 Kings 16:19, 1 Kings 16:26, 1 Kings 21:22, 1 Kings 22:52, 2 Kings 3:3, 2 Kings 10:29, 2 Kings 10:31, 2 Kings 13:2, 2 Kings 13:6, 2 Kings 13:11, 2 Kings 14:24, 2 Kings 15:9, 2 Kings 15:18, 2 Kings 15:24, 2 Kings 15:28, 2 Kings 21:11, 2 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 23:15, 2 Chronicles 6:22, 2 Chronicles 6:27, 2 Chronicles 6:36, Nehemiah 6:13, Nehemiah 13:26 (2), Job 2:10, Job 5:24, Job 10:14, Job 31:30, Psalms 4:4, Psalms 39:1, Psalms 119:11, Ecclesiastes 5:6, Jeremiah 32:35, Ezekiel 3:21 (2), Hosea 8:11 (2), Hosea 13:2

sinneth, 13 (KJV)

Numbers 15:28, Deuteronomy 19:15, 1 Kings 8:46, 2 Chronicles 6:36, Proverbs 8:36, Proverbs 14:21, Proverbs 20:2 (2), Ecclesiastes 7:20, Ezekiel 14:13, Ezekiel 18:4, Ezekiel 18:20, Ezekiel 33:12

sinner, 8

Proverbs 11:31, Proverbs 13:22, Ecclesiastes 7:26 (2), Ecclesiastes 8:12, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Ecclesiastes 9:18, Isaiah 65:20

cleanse, 7

Exodus 29:36, Leviticus 14:49, Leviticus 14:52, Ezekiel 43:20, Ezekiel 43:22 (2), Ezekiel 45:18

purify, 7

Numbers 19:12 (2), Numbers 19:19-20 (2), Numbers 31:19-20 (2), Job 41:25

committed, 6

Leviticus 4:35, Leviticus 5:7, 1 Kings 14:22, Jeremiah 16:10, Ezekiel 16:51, Ezekiel 33:16

offended, 4

Genesis 20:9, Genesis 40:1, 2 Kings 18:14, Jeremiah 37:18

purified, 3

Leviticus 8:15, Numbers 8:21, Numbers 31:23

bear, 2

Genesis 43:9, Genesis 44:32

blame, 2

Genesis 43:9, Genesis 44:32

sinning, 2

Genesis 20:6, Leviticus 6:3

bare, 1

Genesis 31:39

fault, 1

Exodus 5:16

harm, 1

Leviticus 5:16 (2)

loss, 1

Genesis 31:39

miss, 1

Judges 20:16

offender, 1

Isaiah 29:21

offered, 1

Leviticus 9:15

offereth, 1

Leviticus 6:26

purge, 1

Psalms 51:7

purifieth, 1

Numbers 19:13

reconciliation, 1

2 Chronicles 29:24

sinful, 1

Isaiah 1:4

sinnest, 1

Job 35:6

trespass, 1

1 Kings 8:31

Sin "chataah" scriptures

sin, 8

“chataah” definition
Genesis 20:9, Exodus 32:21, Exodus 32:30-31 (2), 2 Kings 17:21 (2), Psalms 109:6-7 (2)

sinful, 1

Amos 9:7-8 (2)

Sin chet scriptures

sin, 21

“chet” definition
Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 20:20, Leviticus 22:9, Leviticus 24:15, Numbers 9:13, Numbers 18:22, Numbers 18:32, Numbers 27:3, Deuteronomy 15:9, Deuteronomy 19:15, Deuteronomy 21:22, Deuteronomy 22:26, Deuteronomy 23:21-22 (2), Deuteronomy 24:15-16 (2), 2 Kings 14:6, Psalms 51:5, Isaiah 31:7, Isaiah 53:12, Hosea 12:8

sins, 8

2 Kings 10:29, Psalms 103:9-10 (2), Isaiah 1:18, Isaiah 38:17, Lamentations 3:39, Ezekiel 23:49, Daniel 9:16

faults, 1

Genesis 41:9

grievously, 1

Lamentations 1:8

offences, 1

Ecclesiastes 10:4

punishment, 1

Lamentations 3:39

Sin âshâm scriptures

guilty, 16

“asham” definition
Genesis 42:21, Leviticus 4:13, Leviticus 4:22, Leviticus 4:27, Leviticus 5:2-5 (4), Leviticus 5:17, Leviticus 6:4, Numbers 5:6, Judges 21:22, Ezra 10:19, Proverbs 30:10, Zechariah 11:4-5 (2)

desolate, 6

Psalms 34:21-22 (2), Ezekiel 6:6 (2), Hosea 13:16, Joel 1:18

offend, 4

Jeremiah 2:3, Jeremiah 50:7, Hosea 4:15, Habakkuk 1:11

become, 2

Ezekiel 22:4, Hosea 13:16

offended, 2

Ezekiel 25:12, Hosea 13:1

trespass, 2

2Ch_19:10 (2)

trespassed, 2

Leviticus 5:19, Numbers 5:7

destroy, 1

Psalms 5:10

faulty, 1

Hosea 10:2

hold, 1

Zechariah 11:5

offence, 1

Hosea 5:15

Sin shâgag scriptures

erred, 5

“shagag” definition
Leviticus 5:18, Numbers 15:22, 1Sa_26:21, Job_6:24, Job_19:4

also, 1

Genesis 6:3

astray, 1

Psalms 119:67

deceived, 1

Job_12:16

ignorantly, 1

Numbers 15:28

sinneth, 1

Numbers 15:28 (2)

went, 1

Psalms 119:67