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Lexicon :: Strong's H816 - 'āšam

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אָשַׁם
Transliteration
'āšam
Pronunciation
aw-sham'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 180

Strong’s Definitions

אָשַׁם ʼâsham, aw-sham'; or אָשֵׁם ʼâshêm; a primitive root; to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish:—× certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, × greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H816 in the following manner: guilty (14x), desolate (6x), offend (6x), trespass (4x), certainly (1x), destroy (1x), faulty (1x), greatly (1x), offence (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H816 in the following manner: guilty (14x), desolate (6x), offend (6x), trespass (4x), certainly (1x), destroy (1x), faulty (1x), greatly (1x), offence (1x).

  1. to offend, be guilty, trespass

    1. (Qal)

      1. to do wrong, offend, trespass, commit an offense, do injury

      2. to be or become guilty

      3. to be held guilty

      4. to be incriminated

    2. (Niphal) to suffer punishment

    3. (Hiphil) to declare guilty

  2. (TWOT) to be desolate, acknowledge offense

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָשַׁם ʼâsham, aw-sham'; or אָשֵׁם ʼâshêm; a primitive root; to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish:—× certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, × greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.
STRONGS H816: Abbreviations
† אָשַׁם, אָשֵׁם verb offend, be guilty (Arabic bdb007907, id., bdb112103 sin, offence, bdb007909, bdb007910, requital, fault, guilt, mulct, compare Ethiopic bdb007911) — אָשַׁם Leviticus 5:19; Numbers 5:7; אָשֵׁם Habakkuk 1:11 7 times; אָֽשְׁמָה Numbers 5:6; אָשָׁ֑מְתָּ Proverbs 30:10; אָשַׁמְתְּ Ezekiel 22:4; אָשֵׁ֑מוּ Leviticus 4:13; Imperfect יֶאְשַׁם Hosea 4:15 13 times; Infinitive absolute אָשֹׁם Leviticus 5:19; אָשׁוֺם Ezekiel 25:12; —
1. commit an offence, a trespass, do a wrong, or an injury, with אָשֹׁם אָשַׁם ליהוה ׃לְ he hath done a great wrong to Yahweh (in violating the commands) Leviticus 5:19 (P); וְנָתַן לַאֲשֶׁר אָשַׁם לוֺ and he shall give it (restitution) to him to whom he did wrong Numbers 5:7 (P), compare 2 Chronicles 19:10 (twice in verse); וַיֶאְשְׁמוּ אָשׁוֺם and they committed lasting wrong (irreparable wrong, the Edomites against Judah) Ezekiel 25:12.
2. be or become guilty Judges 21:22; Jeremiah 50:7; Hosea 4:15; Habakkuk 1:11; in offences requiring sin-offering Leviticus 4:13, 22, 27 (P), of trespass-offering Leviticus 5:2, 3, 17; Leviticus 5:23; Numbers 5:6 (P); with ל guilty of Leviticus 5:4, 5 (P), with ב in or through Ezekiel 22:4; Hosea 13:1.
3. be held guilty, bear punishment Psalm 34:22; Psalm 34:23; Proverbs 30:10; Isaiah 24:6; Jeremiah 2:3; Hosea 5:15; Hosea 10:2; Hosea 14:1; Zechariah 11:5; Ezekiel 6:6 (but compare שָׁמֵם).
Niph. נֶאְשָׁמוּ suffer punishment Joel 1:18 (si vera lectio; Me We and others נָשַׁמּוּ, √ שׁמם, compare Dron the passage).
Hiph. Imperfect suffix הַאֲשִׁימֵם declare them guilty Psalm 5:11.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

4:13; 4:13; 4:22; 4:27; 5:2; 5:3; 5:4; 5:5; 5:17; 5:19; 5:19; 5:19

Numbers

5:6; 5:6; 5:7; 5:7

Judges

21:22

2 Chronicles

19:10

Psalms

5:11; 34:22

Proverbs

30:10; 30:10

Isaiah

24:6

Jeremiah

2:3; 50:7

Ezekiel

6:6; 22:4; 22:4; 25:12; 25:12

Hosea

4:15; 4:15; 5:15; 10:2; 13:1; 14:1

Joel

1:18

Habakkuk

1:11; 1:11

Zechariah

11:5

H816

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Strong's Number H816 matches the Hebrew אָשַׁם ('āšam),
which occurs 35 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:13 - "'If the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter is not noticed by the assembly, and they violate one of the Lord's commandments, which must not be violated, so they become guilty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - "'Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates one of the commandments of the LORD his God which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:27 - "'If an ordinary individual sins by straying unintentionally when he violates one of the Lord's commandments which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - Or when there is a person who touches anything ceremonially unclean, whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal, or the carcass of an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has become unclean and is guilty;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3 - or when he touches human uncleanness with regard to anything by which he can become unclean, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths -

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:5 - when an individual becomes guilty with regard to one of these things he must confess how he has sinned,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:17 - "If a person sins and violates any of the Lord's commandments which must not be violated (although he did not know it at the time, but later realizes he is guilty), then he will bear his punishment for iniquity

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:19 - It is a guilt offering; he was surely guilty before the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - when it happens that he sins and he is found guilty, then he must return whatever he had stolen, or whatever he had extorted, or the thing that he had held in trust, or the lost thing that he had found,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - "Tell the Israelites, 'When a man or a woman commits any sin that people commit, thereby breaking faith with the LORD, and that person is found guilty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:7 - then he must confess his sin that he has committed and must make full reparation, add one fifth to it, and give it to whomever he wronged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - When their fathers or brothers come and protest to us, we'll say to them, "Do us a favor and let them be, for we could not get each one a wife through battle. Don't worry about breaking your oath! You would only be guilty if you had voluntarily given them wives.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - Whenever your countrymen who live in the cities bring a case before you (whether it involves a violent crime or other matters related to the law, commandments, rules, and regulations), warn them that they must not sin against the LORD. If you fail to do so, God will be angry with you and your colleagues; but if you obey, you will be free of guilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:10 - Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:21 - Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:22 - The LORD rescues his servants; all who take shelter in him escape punishment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10 - Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6 - So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3 - Israel was set apart to the LORD; they were like the first fruits of a harvest to him. All who tried to devour them were punished; disaster came upon them," says the LORD.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 - All who encountered them devoured them. Their enemies who did this said, 'We are not liable for punishment! For those people have sinned against the LORD, their true pasture. They have sinned against the LORD in whom their ancestors trusted.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - In all your dwellings, the cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined so that your altars will be laid waste and ruined, your idols will be shattered and demolished, your incense altars will be broken down, and your works wiped out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:4 - you are guilty because of the blood you shed and defiled by the idols you made. You have hastened the day of your doom; the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations, an object to be mocked by all lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - "This is what the sovereign LORD says: 'Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable by taking vengeance on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:15 - Although you, O Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty! Do not journey to Gilgal! Do not go up to Beth Aven! Do not swear, "As surely as the LORD lives!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:15 - Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:2 - Their heart is slipping; soon they will be punished for their guilt. The LORD will break their altars; he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:1 - When Ephraim spoke, there was terror; he was exalted in Israel, but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - (14:1) Samaria will be held guilty, because she rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants will be dashed to the ground - their pregnant women will be ripped open.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18 - Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:11 - They sweep by like the wind and pass on. But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty."

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:5 - Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them.
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