Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To make or form amiss; to spoil in making. 2. (v. t.) To take or choose wrongly. 3. (v. t.) To take in a wrong sense; to misunderstand misapprehend, or misconceive; as, to mistake a remark; to mistake one's meaning. 4. (v. t.) To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another. 5. (v. t.) To have a wrong idea of in respect of character, qualities, etc.; to misjudge. 6. (v. i.) To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error. 7. (n.) An apprehending wrongly; a misconception; a misunderstanding; a fault in opinion or judgment; an unintentional error of conduct. 8. (n.) Misconception, error, which when non-negligent may be ground for rescinding a contract, or for refusing to perform it.

Multi-Version Concordance Mistake (5 Occurrences) Genesis 43:12 and take double money in your hand, and take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight. (See NAS NIV) Leviticus 22:14 "'If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest. (See NIV) Judges 9:36 When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, "Behold, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains." Zebul said to him, "You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men." (See NIV) Ecclesiastes 5:6 Don't allow your mouth to lead you into sin. Don't protest before the messenger that this was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands? (WEB NAS RSV NIV) Jeremiah 42:20 For you have dealt deceitfully against your own souls; for you sent me to Yahweh your God, saying, Pray for us to Yahweh our God; and according to all that Yahweh our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it: (See NIV)