פֶּשַׁע pesah
Hebrew word for “transgression” · Strong’s H6588 · used 93 times in 90 verses
Meaning
1) transgression, rebellion;
How it is translated
Glosses given for pesah in context, with how often each is used:
- transgression 47
- transgressions 46
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 14 | 0.7 | |
| Proverbs | 12 | 1.7 | |
| Isaiah | 11 | 0.6 | |
| Job | 10 | 1.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 10 | 0.5 | |
| Amos | 10 | 4.9 | |
| Micah | 6 | 4.3 | |
| Genesis | 3 | 0.1 | |
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Lamentations | 3 | 1.9 | |
| Daniel | 3 | 0.5 | |
| Leviticus | 2 | 0.2 |
Also in 5 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Amos 1 (5), Ezekiel 18 (4), Proverbs 28 (3), Proverbs 29 (3), Lamentations 1 (3), Amos 2 (3), Leviticus 16 (2), Job 34 (2), Psalms 32 (2), Psalms 51 (2)
Forms
- פשׁעי 23
- פשׁע 18
- פשׁעיהם 6
- פשׁעינו 5
- בפשׁע 5
- פשׁעם 4
- פשׁעיכם 4
- ופשׁע 3
- פשׁעיך 3
- פשׁעיו 3
Words used with it
Words that share verses with pesah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 24
- עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 19
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 13
- כֹּה koh “thus” 11
- נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 10
- אַרְבַּע arba “four” 8
- שָׁלֹשׁ shalosh “three” 8
- כָּסָה kasah “to cover” 6
- צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 6
- חָטָא chata “to sin” 6
- הֶם hem “them” 8
- רַב rav “many” 6
Key verses
The verses using pesah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 23:21 — Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
- Psalms 32:5 — I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of…
- Psalms 51:1 — [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba.] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to…
- Proverbs 28:13 — He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
- Isaiah 43:25 — I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
- Isaiah 50:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for…
- Isaiah 58:1 — Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
- Ezekiel 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions;…
- Ezekiel 18:31 — Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
- Daniel 9:24 — Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for…
- Amos 2:4 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the…
- Micah 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever,…
See all 90 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.