Biblical Hebrew H2399 noun masculine 33 occurrences

חֵטְא

Transliteration: het (ḥēṭʾ)

Pronunciation: /khate/

“sin, fault, guilt, penalty”

Sin, moral delinquency, liability to punishment before the divine tribunal; frequently bears capital sentence ('sin unto death').

Lexical & Etymological Analysis

From חָטָא (H2398) to miss mark.

sinfaulttrespass

Cross-Testament Bridge

How this lemma bridges Old Testament Hebrew and New Testament Koine Greek through the Septuagint (LXX) translation tradition.

LXX conceptual translation: חֵטְא (sin, fault, guilt, penalty) -> ἁμαρτία (a missing the mark, guilt, sin)

LXX conceptual translation: חֵטְא (sin, fault, guilt, penalty) -> ἁμαρτάνω (to miss the mark, to err, do wrong)

Direct Cross-Language Equivalents:

G0266 ἁμαρτία (hamartia — “a missing the mark, guilt, sin”)

Foundational passages where חֵטְא (het) carries significant theological or narrative weight.