אָשַׁם (ʾāšam) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning offend. It appears
35 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H816).
Also rendered
be guilty
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 180)
Range of meaning (TWOT 180)offend, be guilty; commit an offence, a trespass, do a wrong, an injury, be, become guilty, be held guilty, bear punishment; suffer punishment; be punished, perish; be desolate, destroy
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אָשַׁםverb: offend, be guilty
1.commit an offence, a trespass, do a wrong, or an injury
2.be or become guilty
3.be held guilty, bear punishment
Niphalsuffer punishment
Strong's H816אָשַׁם: to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish KJV:× certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, × greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.