iniquity: crime
a.van denotes wrongdoing attributed to persons or communities, including the guilt borne, punished, forgiven, or atoned for.
The supplied verses most often use the term for wrongdoing identified as a person's, a family's, or a community's own; they also portray that wrongdoing as liability borne in judgment and as something for which forgiveness, cleansing, or atonement is sought.
Senses in use
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Wrongdoing attributed to a person or group · dominant
Construct singular and plural forms identify wrongdoing as belonging to particular people or communities: the men in Ezekiel 14:3 place its stumbling block before their faces, Sodom's is specified by pride and neglect of the needy in Ezekiel 16:49, and Ezra 9:6 depicts communal wrongs as risen above their heads. In Job 13:23, the plural is absolute while Job asks how many such wrongs and sins are his.
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Guilt or liability borne under judgment · common
The term occurs where culpability is assigned, carried, or met with judgment. In Ezekiel 18:20, the APB renders the contrast that neither son nor father shall bear the other's iniquity; in Ezekiel 33:8, the unwarned wicked person dies in his own iniquity, while Ezekiel 14:10 says that inquirer and prophet shall bear theirs.
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Wrongdoing sought to be removed or dealt with · occasional
In prayer and cultic settings, the term names wrongdoing for which relief is requested or provided. In Exodus 34:9 the APB renders Moses' request to forgive the people's iniquity and sin; Exodus 28:38 says Aaron shall bear the iniquity connected with consecrated holy things, and Daniel 9:24 includes atonement for iniquity among the decreed acts.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses “iniquity,” but also uses “guilt” in contexts of responsibility, as in 1 Samuel 25:24 and 2 Samuel 14:9. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the clauses' broad treatment of wrongdoing and liability rather than fixing a separate English equivalent for every token.