Words the Bible translates as iniquity
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ḥattatחַטָּאתsin: an act or pattern of falling short of what God requires, and the guilt it leaves
+2 more meanings
- the offering for sin: the animal or rite that purges impurity and clears guilt at the sanctuary
- punishment for sin: the penalty or guilt a wrong brings down on the one who commits it
- adikiaἀδικίαunrighteousness: wrongdoing measured against what is right, the opposite of righteousness
- anomiaἀνομίαlawlessness: conduct or a condition set against God's law and rightful order
- avonעָוֺןiniquity: sin pictured as a crooked thing that clings to the person who did it, carrying within it the deed, the guilt it creates, and the ruin it brings
- ponēriaπονηρίαwickedness: badness as a settled quality in a person, with an edge of active ill will that means somebody harm
- avenאָוֶןevil that comes to nothing: the emptiness, harm, and wickedness of a life set against God
- avlahעַוְלָהinjustice: a wrong done against what is right, especially when fairness or honest dealing is owed
- avayahעֲוָיָהiniquitynot studied yet
- alvahעַלְוָהiniquitynot studied yet
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