Quick Definition
guilt (offering)
Strong's Definition
guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering
Derivation: from H816 (אָשַׁם);
KJV Usage: guiltiness, (offering for) sin, trespass (offering).
TWOT Reference: 180b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָשָׁם (a.sham) — guilt (offering). 1) guilt, offense, guiltiness 1a) offense, trespass, fault 1b) guilt, guiltiness 1c) compensation (for offense) 1d) trespass offering, guilt offering
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · אשׁם
Guilty
guilt = state of being responsible for an unlawful deed, that was committed either knowingly or unknowingly
Objects
restitution, compensation = something given in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury incurred, the value of which equals or exceeds the value of the damage
Sacrifice
guilt offering, reparation offering = sacrifice brought to compensate for what the deity should have received, but what was not given
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1 PRO 14:9 MT HOTTP-A [a] or [b] | GNT CEV [a] | NIV NJPS REB [b] | NJB NRSV [c] | RSV "wicked" = אָשֵׁם 2 LEV 5:6 · LEV 5:7 RSV "guilt offering" NJB "sacrifice of reparation" | NIV NJPS NRSV GNT "penalty" | REB "reparation" | CEV "price"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָשָׁם n.m. offence, guilt offence, trespass, fault
guilt
compensation (or satisfaction for injury)
trespass-offering
base