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Strong's H817 אָשָׁם (asham)

Asham means “guiltiness” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G817 — ater (“in the absence of”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H817
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 41
Books 10

Strong's H817 Quick Answer

Strong's H817 אָשָׁם (asham) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. asham (aw-shawm') n-m. 1. guilt 2. (by implication) a fault It has 41 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include offering, sin, and trespass. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
asham (aw-shawm') n-m. 1. guilt 2. (by implication) a fault
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
10 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
offering, sin, and trespass

Meaning and Definition

asham (aw-shawm') n-m. 1. guilt 2. (by implication) a fault 3. also a sin-offering [from H816] KJV: guiltiness, (offering for) sin, trespass (offering). Root(s): H816

Original Word
אָשָׁם
Transliteration
asham
Derivation
Root: אשׁם First root strongs: 816
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H817. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

guilt (offering)

Usage: 1) guilt, offense, guiltiness 1a) offense, trespass, fault 1b) guilt, guiltiness 1c) compensation (for offense) 1d) trespass offering, guilt offering

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How Strong's H817 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render asham, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

offering Leviticus 5:6 34× sin Numbers 5:7 trespass Numbers 5:8

How Strong's H817 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 41 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H817 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H817 in the Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 26:10 KJV

And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

Leviticus 5:6 KJV

And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.

Leviticus 5:7 KJV

And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H817.

Genesis 26:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.
Leviticus 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
Leviticus 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
Leviticus 5:15 Old Testament, KJV
If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering.
Leviticus 5:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:19 Old Testament, KJV
It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD.
Leviticus 6:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:
Leviticus 6:17 Old Testament, KJV
It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
Leviticus 7:1 Old Testament, KJV
Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
Leviticus 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.
Leviticus 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
Leviticus 7:7 Old Testament, KJV
As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.
Leviticus 7:37 Old Testament, KJV
This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
Leviticus 14:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
Leviticus 14:13 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy:
Leviticus 14:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
Leviticus 14:17 Old Testament, KJV
And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering:
Leviticus 14:21 Old Testament, KJV
And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;
Leviticus 14:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD:
Leviticus 14:25 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot:
Leviticus 14:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering:
Leviticus 19:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
Leviticus 19:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
Numbers 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
Numbers 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
Numbers 6:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
Numbers 18:9 Old Testament, KJV
This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of their's, every meat offering of their's, and every sin offering of their's, and every trespass offering of their's which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
1 Samuel 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
1 Samuel 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
1 Samuel 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
1 Samuel 6:17 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
2 Kings 12:16 Old Testament, KJV
The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'.
Psalms 68:21 Old Testament, KJV
But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
Proverbs 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Isaiah 53:10 Old Testament, KJV
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Jeremiah 51:5 Old Testament, KJV
For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.
Ezekiel 40:39 Old Testament, KJV
And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.
Ezekiel 42:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
Ezekiel 44:29 Old Testament, KJV
They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.
Ezekiel 46:20 Old Testament, KJV
Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H817, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Leviticus 23 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H817 FAQ

What does asham (אָשָׁם) mean?

Asham (Strong's H817) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "guiltiness". asham (aw-shawm') n-m. 1. guilt 2. (by implication) a fault

How many times is asham (אָשָׁם) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's H817 across 10 books.

Where can I study asham (אָשָׁם) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H817 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate asham (אָשָׁם)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as offering, sin, and trespass. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.