Words the Bible translates as sin offering
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hamartiaἁμαρτίαsin: an offense against God, whether the wrong deed itself or the guilt it leaves behind
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- Sin as a ruling power: a force that masters, enslaves, and brings death to those under it
- a sin-offering: the sacrifice presented to deal with sin
- ḥattatחַטָּאתsin: an act or pattern of falling short of what God requires, and the guilt it leaves
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- 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
- ḥata'ahחֲטָאָהsin: a wrong act and the guilt it leaves, usually a grave one whose damage spreads past the person who did it
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- the offering for sin: the sacrifice that clears a wrong away, called by the same word as the wrong itself
- ḥatta'ahחַטָּאָהsin offeringnot studied yet
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