Definition

a crime or its penalty

Etymology

from H2398 (חָטָא);

Word family

• חָטָא châṭâʼ

How the KJV renders it

• fault
• grievously
• offence
• (punishment of) sin

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.