אָשַׁם asham

Hebrew word for “be guilty” · Strong’s H816 · used 35 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

1) to offend, be guilty, trespass;

How it is translated

Glosses given for asham in context, with how often each is used:

• will be guilty 13
• will be held guilty 8
• guilty 4
• have become guilty 2
• certainly 1
• hold guilty 1
• have been held guilty 1
• may be held guilty 1
• continually 1
• become guilty 1
• became guilty 1
• have suffered 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 5 (6), Leviticus 4 (3), Numbers 5 (2), Psalms 34 (2), Hosea 13 (2), Leviticus 6 (1), Judges 21 (1), 2 Chronicles 19 (1), Psalms 5 (1), Proverbs 30 (1)

Forms

• ואשׁם 8
• יאשׁמו 7
• אשׁם 3
• ויאשׁמו 3
• יאשׁם 2
• תאשׁמו 2
• ואשׁמו 1
• ואשׁמה 1
• האשׁימם 1
• ואשׁמת 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with asham more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אוֹ o “or” 6
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 6
• עָלַם alam “to conceal” 4
• מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 5
• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 6
• אֶחָד echad “one” 6
• שְׁגָגָה shegagah “unintentionally” 2
• אִם im “if” 4
• אָשָׁם asham “guilt (offering)” 2
• הֶם hem “them” 4
• מָרָה marah “to rebel” 2
• גִּלּוּל gillul “idol” 2

Key verses

The verses using asham that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Psalms 5:10 — Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
• Isaiah 24:6 — Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
• Jeremiah 2:3 — Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 50:7 — All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even…
• Ezekiel 6:6 — In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and…
• Ezekiel 25:12 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;
• Hosea 4:15 — Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
• Hosea 5:15 — I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
• Hosea 10:2 — Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
• Hosea 13:1 — When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
• Hosea 13:16 — Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women…
• Zechariah 11:5 — Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them…

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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.