אָשָׁם (ʾāšām) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning guilt offering. It appears
46 times
in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H817).
Also rendered
trespass offering
offense
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 180b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 180b)offence, guilt; trespass, fault; compensation; trespass-offering; sin-offering; guiltiness, sin
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אָשָׁםnoun, masculine: offence, guilt
1.offence, trespass, fault
2.guilt
3.compensation (or satisfaction for injury)
4.trespass-offering
Strong's H817אָשָׁם: guilt; by implication, a fault; also a sin-offering KJV:guiltiness, (offering for) sin, trespass (offering).
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.
Root family 180: אָשַׁםʾāšam — 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