שָׁגַג
shagag · err, sin unintentionally
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7683 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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shagag (שָׁגַג) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “err, sin unintentionally”.
Err, sin without realizing it.
How to say it
sha·gag
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Fail unintentionally; be on a wrong path.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- he erred ×1
- one who errs ×1
- oversight ×1
- was going wrong ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Leviticus 5:18
He shall bring a ram without defect from the flock, by your valuation, as a guilt offering, to the priest, and the priest shall make expiation for him for his inadvertence in which he erred without knowing it, and he will be forgiven.
- Numbers 15:28
And the priest shall make expiation for the person who errs, when he sins by oversight, before YHWH, to make expiation for him, and he shall be forgiven.
- Job 12:16
With him are power and success; to him belong the one who errs and the one who makes others err.
- Psalms 119:67
Before I was afflicted, I was going wrong; but now your saying I keep.