פֶּשַׁעpeshaʻ
transgression
Pronunciation: peh'-shah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6588
Meanings
1. transgression, against individuals (Genesis 31:36; Genesis 50:17; Exodus 22:8)
2. of nation, against nation (Amos 1:3; Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9)
3. against God
a. in general (Isaiah 58:1; Isaiah 59:12; Micah 1:5)
b. as recognized by sinner (Psalms 51:5; Psalms 32:5; Job 31:33)
c. God deals with it (Amos 3:14; Psalms 89:33; Ezekiel 39:24)
d. God forgives (נשׂא) it (Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18; Job 7:21)
4. guilt of transgression (Job 33:9; Job 34:6; Psalms 59:4)
5. punishment for transgression (Daniel 8:12; Daniel 8:13; Daniel 9:24)
6. offering for transgression (Micah 6:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 93 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 31:36 Then Jacob became very angry, and he challenged Laban. “What’s my crime?” he demanded. “What have I done wrong to make you chase after me as though I were a criminal?
- Genesis 50:17 to say to you: ‘Please forgive your brothers for the great wrong they did to you—for their sin in treating you so cruelly.’ So we, the servants of the God of your father, beg you to forgive our sin.” When Joseph received the message, he broke down and wept.
- Exodus 22:9 “Suppose there is a dispute between two people who both claim to own a particular ox, donkey, sheep, article of clothing, or any lost property. Both parties must come before God, and the person whom God declares guilty must pay double compensation to the other.
- Exodus 23:21 Pay close attention to him, and obey his instructions. Do not rebel against him, for he is my representative, and he will not forgive your rebellion.
- Exodus 34:7 I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations. I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But I do not excuse the guilty. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren; the entire family is affected— even children in the third and fourth generations.”
- Leviticus 16:16 Through this process, he will purify the Most Holy Place, and he will do the same for the entire Tabernacle, because of the defiling sin and rebellion of the Israelites.
See every passage
- Genesis 31:36, 50:17
- Exodus 22:9, 23:21, 34:7
- Leviticus 16:16, 16:21
- Numbers 14:18
- Joshua 24:19
- 1 Samuel 24:11, 25:28
- 1 Kings 8:50
- Job 7:21, 8:4, 13:23, 14:17, 31:33, 33:9, 34:6, 34:37, 35:6, 36:9
- Psalms 5:10, 19:13, 25:7, 32:1, 32:5, 36:1, 39:8, 51:1, 51:3, 59:3, 65:3, 89:32, 103:12, 107:17
- Proverbs 10:12, 10:19, 12:13, 17:9, 17:19, 19:11, 28:2, 28:13, 28:24, 29:6, 29:16, 29:22
- Isaiah 24:20, 43:25, 44:22, 50:1, 53:5, 53:8, 57:4, 58:1, 59:12, 59:20
- Jeremiah 5:6
- Lamentations 1:5, 1:14, 1:22
- Ezekiel 14:11, 18:22, 18:28, 18:30, 18:31, 21:24, 33:10, 33:12, 37:23, 39:24
- Daniel 8:12, 8:13, 9:24
- Amos 1:3, 1:6, 1:9, 1:11, 1:13, 2:1, 2:4, 2:6, 3:14, 5:12
- Micah 1:5, 1:13, 3:8, 6:7, 7:18
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).