sinner
chat.ta identifies people marked as sinners, including those opposed to the LORD, liable to judgment, or set apart from the righteous.
The term most often identifies people characterized as sinners in contexts that contrast them with the righteous or describe their judgment. It also labels persons whose conduct is warned against, whose influence is avoided, or whom the LORD instructs; a feminine singular form describes a sinful kingdom in Amos 9:8.
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People marked for judgment or contrasted with the righteous · dominant
The masculine plural form identifies groups facing destruction, exclusion, fear, or adverse outcome: in Isaiah 1:28 the APB renders that transgressors and sinners “shall be broken together,” while Psalm 1:5 places sinners outside “the congregation of the righteous.” Amos 9:10 identifies members of the people who say harm will not overtake them and who “shall die by the sword”; Genesis 13:13 and Isaiah 13:9 likewise place the term in declarations of wrongdoing and destruction.
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People whose conduct or company is to be avoided · common
In Proverbs 1:10 the plural noun form occurs in a warning not to consent if sinners entice the speaker. Psalm 1:1 describes the blessed man as not standing “in the way of sinners,” and Proverbs 23:17 warns against jealousy of them.
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Persons addressed as teachable despite their condition · occasional
In Psalm 25:8 the masculine plural form occurs in the statement that the LORD instructs sinners in the way. In 1 Kings 1:21, the same plural form occurs in the concern that the speaker and Solomon will be counted as sinners.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “sinners,” including in judgment and contrast clauses, and uses “sinful” for the kingdom in Amos 9:8 and “sinful men” in Numbers 32:14. These renderings confirm the verses' overall presentation rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every clause.