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Hebrew verb · H6586

פָּשַׁע

pashapaw-shah'

to transgress

41 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: pâshaʻ

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6586is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 34
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6586

to break away (from just authority), i.e. trespass, apostatize, quarrel

The King James renders it: offend, rebel, revolt, transgress(-ion, -or).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

pasha is rendered "to transgress". It stands 41 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 8:50May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-four different ways.

The first use

May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.

1 Kings 8:50פָּשְׁעוּ־

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in fourteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 25 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • it rebelled4
  • they have rebelled3
  • and it has rebelled2
  • and they have rebelled2
  • and transgressors2
  • they have transgressed2
  • they transgressed2
  • to transgress2
  • transgressors2
  • we have transgressed2
  • you have rebelled2
  • you have transgressed2

and 14 more, 41 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

פָּשַׁטpashatto stripUses43
פָּשָׂהpasahto spreadUses22
פָּשַׂקpasaqto openUses2
פָּשַׁחpashachto tearUses1
פָּשַׂעpasato stepUses1

The words it stands beside

All 41, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

34 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • פָּשַׁ֣ע3
  • פָּ֥שְׁעוּ3
  • וַיִּפְשְׁע֤וּ2
  • פָּ֣שְׁעוּ2
  • תִּפְשַׁ֥ע2
  • הַפֹּשְׁעִ֖ים1
  • הַפֹּשְׁעִ֑ים1
  • וְהַפּֽוֹשְׁעִים֙1
  • וַיִּפְשַׁ֤ע1
  • וַיִּפְשַׁ֥ע1
  • וַיִּפְשַׁ֣ע1
  • וַיִּפְשַׁ֨ע1

and 22 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural8HVqp3cp
  • Hc/Vqw3ms4Hc/Vqw3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural4HVqrmpa
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2HC/Vqrmpa
  • Hc/Vqw3mp2Hc/Vqw3mp
  • preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2HR/Vqcc
  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural2HTd/Vqrmpa
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVqi3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singular2HVqp2fs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine plural2HVqp2mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1HC/Rd/Vqrmpa

1 Kings

two uses
  • May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.

    1 Kings 8:50

    • פָּשְׁעוּ־pasheu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they transgressed
  • So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.

    1 Kings 12:19

    • וַיִּפְשְׁע֤וּvaiyifsheuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they have rebelled

2 Kings

six uses
  • After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.

    2 Kings 1:1

    • וַיִּפְשַׁ֤עvaiyifsha'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it rebelled
  • But after the death of Ahab, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.

    2 Kings 3:5

    • וַיִּפְשַׁ֥עvaiyifsha'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he rebelled
  • And he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am like you, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”

    2 Kings 3:7

    • פָּשַׁ֣עpasha'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has rebelled
  • In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

    2 Kings 8:20

    • פָּשַׁ֣עpasha'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it rebelled
  • So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.

    2 Kings 8:22

    • וַיִּפְשַׁ֣עvaiyifsha'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it has rebelled
    • תִּפְשַׁ֥עtifsha'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it rebelled

2 Chronicles

four uses
  • So to this day Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David.

    2 Chronicles 10:19

    • וַיִּפְשְׁע֤וּvaiyifsheuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they have rebelled
  • In the days of Jehoram, Edom rebelled against the hand of Judah and appointed their own king.

    2 Chronicles 21:8

    • פָּשַׁ֣עpasha'verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it rebelled
  • So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled against his rule at the same time, because Jehoram had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.

    2 Chronicles 21:10

    • וַיִּפְשַׁ֨עvaiyifsha'Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and it has rebelled
    • תִּפְשַׁ֥עtifsha'verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it rebelled

Ezra

one use
  • But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.

    Ezra 10:13

    • לִפְשֹׁ֖עַlifshoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to transgress

Psalms

two uses
  • But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.

    Psalms 37:38

    • וּֽ֭פֹשְׁעִיםufosheimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and transgressors
  • Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.

    Psalms 51:13

    • פֹשְׁעִ֣יםfosheimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: transgressors

Proverbs

two uses
  • An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

    Proverbs 18:19

    • נִפְשָׁ֥עnifsha'verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: transgressed
  • To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

    Proverbs 28:21

    • יִפְשַׁע־yifsha'-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will transgress

Isaiah

nine uses
  • Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

    Isaiah 1:2

    • פָּ֥שְׁעוּpasheuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have rebelled
  • But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

    Isaiah 1:28

    • פֹּשְׁעִ֛יםposheimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: rebels
  • Your first father sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against Me.

    Isaiah 43:27

    • פָּ֥שְׁעוּpasheuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they transgressed
  • Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors!

    Isaiah 46:8

    • פוֹשְׁעִ֖יםfosheimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: O rebels
  • You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.

    Isaiah 48:8

    • וּפֹשֵׁ֥עַufoshea'conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and a rebel
  • Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.

    Isaiah 53:12

    • פֹּשְׁעִ֖יםposheimverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: transgressors
    • וְלַפֹּשְׁעִ֖יםvelaposheimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and for the transgressors
  • rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

    Isaiah 59:13

    • פָּשֹׁ֤עַpashoa'verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: we have transgressed
  • “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”

    Isaiah 66:24

    • הַפֹּשְׁעִ֖יםhaposheimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who rebelled

Jeremiah

four uses
  • The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.

    Jeremiah 2:8

    • פָּ֣שְׁעוּpasheuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they rebelled
  • Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 2:29

    • פְּשַׁעְתֶּ֥םpesha'temverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have rebelled
  • Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 3:13

    • פָּשָׁ֑עַתְּpashaatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have rebelled
  • And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.

    Jeremiah 33:8

    • פָּ֥שְׁעוּpasheuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have rebelled

Lamentations

one use
  • “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”

    Lamentations 3:42

    • פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙fasha'nuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have transgressed

Ezekiel

three uses
  • “Son of man,” He said to me, “I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against Me. To this very day they and their fathers have rebelled against Me.

    Ezekiel 2:3

    • פָּ֣שְׁעוּpasheuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have transgressed
  • Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?

    Ezekiel 18:31

    • פְּשַׁעְתֶּ֣םpesha'temverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you have transgressed
  • And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

    Ezekiel 20:38

    • וְהַפּֽוֹשְׁעִים֙vehaposheimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and those transgress

Daniel

one use
  • In the latter part of their reign, when the rebellion has reached its full measure, an insolent king, skilled in intrigue, will come to the throne.

    Daniel 8:23

    • הַפֹּשְׁעִ֑יםhaposhimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the rebels

Hosea

three uses
  • Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

    Hosea 7:13

    • פָ֣שְׁעוּfasheuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have transgressed
  • Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

    Hosea 8:1

    • פָּשָֽׁעוּ׃pashauverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have rebelled
  • Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

    Hosea 14:9

    • וּפֹשְׁעִ֖יםufosheimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and transgressors

Amos

two uses
  • “Go to Bethel and transgress; rebel even more at Gilgal! Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days.

    Amos 4:4

    • וּפִשְׁע֔וּufishuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and transgress
    • לִפְשֹׁ֑עַlifshoa'preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to transgress

Zephaniah

one use
  • On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.

    Zephaniah 3:11

    • פָּשַׁ֖עַתְּpashaatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you have transgressed

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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