Be guilty
אָשַׁםStrong’s H0816asham (a-sham)
Appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Asham is the Hebrew word usually translated “guilty”, “held guilty” and “was guilty”. It appears in 32 verses of the Old Testament.
“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 not.”
Meaning
- To offend, be guilty, trespass(Qal) · (Niphal) to suffer punishment · (Hiphil) to declare guilty
- (TWOT) to be desolate, acknowledge offense
How it's translated
- and he will be guilty 7
- they will be held guilty 6
- he was guilty 2
- you will be guilty 2
- and they will be guilty 1
- he will be guilty 1
- certainly 1
- and it will be guilty 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 10
- Hosea 5
- Psalms 3
- Ezekiel 3
- Numbers 2
- Jeremiah 2
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 4:13And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
- Leviticus 4:22When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
- Leviticus 4:27And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
- Leviticus 5:2Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
- Leviticus 5:3Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
- Leviticus 5:4Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
Hebrew dictionary
אָשַׁם asham · be guilty
1) to offend, be guilty, trespass 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do wrong, offend, trespass, commit an offense, do injury 1a2) to be or become guilty 1a3) to be held guilty 1a4) to be incriminated 1b) (Niphal) to suffer punishment 1c) (Hiphil) to declare guilty 2) (TWOT) to be desolate, acknowledge offense
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “guilty” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GUILT'Y, adjective
gilt'y. Criminal; having knowingly committed a crime or offense, or having violated a law by an overt act or by neglect, and by that act or neglect, being liable to punishment; not innocent. It may be followed by of; as, to be guilty of theft or arson.
- Wicked; corrupt; sinful; as a guilty world.
- Conscious.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.