Strong’s H2409 · Hebrew

חֲטָּיָא
chăṭṭâyâʼ
khat-taw-yaw'

Definition

an expiation

Etymology

(Aramaic) from the same as H2408 (חֲטִי);

Where the KJV renders it

  • sin offering

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