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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.
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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 commits a sin unwittingly and the thing is hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they do any one of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done and are guilty;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:22 - "When a ruler sins, doing unwittingly any one of all the things which the LORD his God has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:27 - "If any one of the common people sins unwittingly in doing any one of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - Or if any one touches an unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean beast or a carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him, and he has become unclean, he shall be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3 - Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he shall be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - Or if any one utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that men swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he shall in any of these be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:5 - When a man is guilty in any of these, he shall confess the sin he has committed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:17 - "If any one sins, doing any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, though he does not know it, yet he is guilty and shall bear his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - when one has sinned and become guilty, he shall restore what he took by robbery, or what he got by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - "Say to the people of Israel, When a man or woman commits any of the sins that men commit by breaking faith with the LORD, and that person is guilty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:7 - he shall confess his sin which he has committed; and he shall make full restitution for his wrong, adding a fifth to it, and giving it to him to whom he did the wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, 'Grant them graciously to us; because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:10 - whenever a case comes to you from your brethren who live in their cities, concerning bloodshed, law or commandment, statutes or ordinances, then you shall instruct them, that they may not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath may not come upon you and your brethren. Thus you shall do, and you will not incur guilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:10 - Make them bear their guilt, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; because of their many transgressions cast them out, for they have rebelled against thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:21 - Evil shall slay the wicked; and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:22 - The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.

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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 be held guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6 - Therefore a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:3 - Israel was holy to the LORD, the first fruits of his harvest. All who ate of it became guilty; evil came upon them, says the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:7 - All who found them have devoured them, and their enemies have said, 'We are not guilty, for they have sinned against the LORD, their true habitation, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - Wherever you dwell your cities shall be waste and your high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined, your idols broken and destroyed, your incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:4 - You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by the idols which you have made; and you have brought your day near, the appointed time of your years has come. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations, and a mocking to all the countries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 25:12 - "Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance upon them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:15 - Though you play the harlot, O Israel, let not Judah become guilty. Enter not into Gilgal, nor go up to Beth-a'ven, and swear not, "As the LORD lives."

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:15 - I will return again to my place, until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face, and in their distress they seek me, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 10:2 - Their heart is false; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars, and destroy their pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:1 - When E'phraim spoke, men trembled; he was exalted in Israel; but he incurred guilt through Ba'al and died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:16 - Sama'ria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword, their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18 - How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep are dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:11 - Then they sweep by like the wind and go on, guilty men, whose own might is their god!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:5 - Those who buy them slay them and go unpunished; and those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the LORD, I have become rich'; and their own shepherds have no pity on them.
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