Quick Definition
to go astray
Strong's Definition
to stray, i.e. (figuratively) sin (with more or less apology)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] also for that, deceived, err, go astray, sin ignorantly.
TWOT Reference: 2324
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁגַג (sha.gag) — to go astray. 1) to go astray, err, commit sin or error 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to err (mentally) 1a2) to sin (ignorantly or inadvertently)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שְׁגָגָה
Sin | verb qal
to err, to go astray = action by which humans act wrongly, though without the intention to do so
LEV 5:18 · NUM 15:28 · JOB 12:16 · PSA 119:67
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁגַג] vb. go astray, commit sin or error Qal err, mentally
sin ignorantly, inadvertently
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