אָשָׁם
ʼâshâm · aw-shawm'
guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering
Lexicon
Derivation: from H816 (אָשַׁם);
guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering
- guilt
- by implication, a fault
- also, a sin-offering
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: guiltiness, (offering for) sin, trespass (offering).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָשָׁם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
46 occurrences · 46 OT · 0 NT · 32 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the trespass offering9 · 20%
- for a trespass offering7 · 15%
- his trespass offering3 · 7%
- and the trespass offering3 · 7%
- his trespass2 · 4%
- it is a trespass offering2 · 4%
- the trespass offering2 · 4%
- him for a trespass offering2 · 4%
- the trespass2 · 4%
- guiltiness1 · 2%
- for his trespass1 · 2%
- and as the trespass offering1 · 2%
- is, so is the trespass offering1 · 2%
- and of the trespass offering1 · 2%
- so is the trespass offering1 · 2%
- unto, let the trespass1 · 2%
- of theirs, and every trespass offering1 · 2%
- him a trespass offering1 · 2%
- they, what shall be the trespass offering1 · 2%
- in his trespasses1 · 2%
- at sin1 · 2%
- an offering for sin1 · 2%
- with sin1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.