אַשְׁמָה ashmah

Hebrew word for “guiltiness” · Strong’s H819 · used 19 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

1) guiltiness, guilt, offense, sin, wrong-doing;

How it is translated

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

• guilt 16
• guilts 2
• have been in guilt 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezra 9 (4), Leviticus 6 (2), 2 Chronicles 28 (2), Ezra 10 (2), Leviticus 4 (1), Leviticus 22 (1), 1 Chronicles 21 (1), 2 Chronicles 24 (1), 2 Chronicles 33 (1), Psalms 69 (1)

Forms

• אשׁמה 3
• לאשׁמת 2
• לאשׁמה 2
• אשׁמתו 1
• באשׁמתם 1
• אשׁמות 1
• אשׁמתינו 1
• ואשׁמתנו 1
• באשׁמה 1
• ובאשׁמתנו 1

Words used with it

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

• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 6
• יָסַף yasaph “to add” 4
• עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 4
• זֹאת zot “this” 4
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 4
• פְּלֵיטָה peletah “survivor” 2
• שָׁבַע shava “to swear” 2
• רָבָה ravah “to multiply” 2
• אָב av “father” 3
• נוּ nu “us” 2
• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 2
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 2

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 4:3 — If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish…
• Leviticus 6:5 — Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to…
• Leviticus 6:7 — And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.
• 1 Chronicles 21:3 — And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my…
• 2 Chronicles 24:18 — And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.
• 2 Chronicles 33:23 — And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
• Ezra 9:6 — And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up…
• Ezra 9:7 — Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into…
• Ezra 9:13 — And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve,…
• Ezra 9:15 — O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand…
• Ezra 10:19 — And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
• Amos 8:14 — They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

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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.