STRONGS NUMBER H6588


Word Summary
pesha: transgression
Original Word: פֶשַׁע
Transliteration: pesha
Phonetic Spelling: (peh'-shah)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: transgression
Meaning: transgression
Strong's Concordance
rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass

From pasha'; a revolt (national, moral or religious) -- rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.

see HEBREW pasha'

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6588. pesha

מֶּ֫שַׁעnoun masculine Psalm 19:14 transgression; — absolute ׳פExodus 22:8 +, מָּ֑שַׁעProverbs 10:9 +; construct מֶּשַׁעGenesis 50:17 +; suffix מִּשְׁעִי31:16 14t. suffixes; plural מְּשָׁעִיםProverbs 10:12; construct מִּשְׁעֵיAmos 1:3 +, etc.; —

1 transgression against individuals Genesis 31:36; 50:17 (twice in verse); Exodus 22:8 (E), 1 Samuel 24:12; 25:28; Proverbs 10:19; 17:19; 29:6, 16, 22. ׳פ שְׂפָתַיִם12:13; אַהֲבָה תְּכַסֶה כלפֿשׁעים על10:12, compare 17:9; 19:11; 28:13.

2 of nation, against nation: Amos 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 13; 2:1; of land Proverbs 28:2. Elsewhere

3 against God:

a. in General, "" חטאתIsaiah 58:1; 59:12; Micah 1:5 (twice in verse); 1:13; 3:8; Amos 5:12; "" עוןEzekiel 21:29; Psalm 107:17; פ ׳עשׂהEzekiel 18:22, 28; פ ׳ביום33:12; פ ׳רַבּוּIsaiah 59:12; Job 35:6; Jeremiah 5:6(?); פ ׳חטאתו על יֹסִיףJob 34:37 he addeth transgression unto his sin; פ ׳יִלְדֵיIsaiah 57:4; personified as evil spirit, פשׁע נאםPsalm 36:2.

b. as recognized by sinner; he knows it Psalm 51:5, makes known concerning it to ׳י32:5, does not cover it (כסה‎) Job 31:33; turns from it Isaiah 59:20; Ezekiel 18:30; casts it away from him 18:31.

c. God deals with it: by visiting it (פקד‎) Amos 3:14; Psalm 89:33, dealing with one according to it, כ עשׂהEzekiel 39:24, making it known to sinner Job 13:23; 36:9; punishing in various ways: ׳מִמּbecause of it Isaiah 53:5, 8; with על‎, acc. to it Amos 2:4, 6; Lamentations 1:5, 22; for it, with בIsaiah 50:1; פ ׳עֹלLamentations 1:14 yoke of transgression; personified, פ בְּיַד ׳וַיְשַׁלְּחֵםJob 8:4; be does not grant forgiveness to it, ל נאשׂ ׳לאֹExodus 23:21; Joshua 24:19(E).

d. God forgives (נשׂא‎) it Exodus 34:7; Numbers 14:18 (J), Job 7:21, compare Psalm 32:1; pardons (סלח‎) 1 Kings 8:50; passes over (על עבר‎, compare Proverbs 19:11) Micah 7:18; removes (הרחיק‎) Psalm 103:12; covers over (כפר‎) 65:4 ;-compare (of priest) מִפ עַלהַֿקֹּדֶשׁ ׳וְכִמֶּרLeviticus 16:16, and confession of ׳פ‎ over (על‎) goat 16:21; — God blots out (מחה‎) Isaiah 43:25; 44:22; Psalm 51:3; אַלתִּֿזְכֹּר ׳וּפ25:7; delivers from, מן הציל39:9. — Job 35:15 read מֶּשַׁע‎ for פַשׁ‎ q. v.

4 guilt of transgression (compare עון

2), פ ׳בְּלִיwithout (guilt of) transgression Job 33:9; 34:6; פ ׳לאPsalm 59:4; ׳פ עלינוEzekiel 33:10; פ ׳עליה כבדIsaiah 24:20; פ ׳בְּרֹבPsalm 5:11; מפ ׳נקיתי19:14; יִמַּמְּאוּ‎: ׳בְּכָלפֿdefile themselves with all (the guilt of) transgressions Ezekiel 14:11; 37:23; פ בִּצְרוֺר ׳חָתֻםJob 14:17.

5 punishment for transgression, Daniel 8:12-13, 9:24, compare try עון3

6 offering for transgression, פשׁעי בכורי האתןMicah 6:7 shall I give my first-born as an offering for my trunsgression (compare חטאת4).