Word Studies¶
From Word Studies Library¶
H817 asham (guilt/guilt offering)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H817-asham.md
- 41 verses, 47 tokens across 10 books; 80.5% translated "trespass offering"
- Dual nature: both the guilt-state AND the offering that resolves it
- Key semantic categories: (1) ritual sacrifice, (2) guilt/liability state, (3) restitution/compensation, (4) non-Israelite use (Philistines), (5) vicarious offering (Isa 53:10), (6) eschatological temple
- LXX fragmented across agnoia, hamartia, basanos — no single Greek equivalent preserves the guilt-plus-offering duality
- Top collocations: kohen (44%), chattaah (32%), kaphar (17%), ayil/ram (17%)
H816 asham verb (to be guilty)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H816-asham.md
- 32 verses; the verbal root behind the guilt concept
H818 ashem (guilty) / H819 ashmah (guiltiness)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H818-ashem.md, D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H819-ashmah.md
- Adjectival and feminine noun forms completing the asham word family
H4603 maal verb (to act treacherously)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H4603-maal.md
- 35 verses, all Qal; "to cover up, act covertly/treacherously"
- Two trigger categories for asham: (1) trespass against YHWH's holy things (Lev 5:15), (2) interpersonal treachery classified as trespass against YHWH (Lev 6:2)
- Cognate accusative maal maal appears in 57% of verses
- Concentrated in Chronicles-Ezra-Nehemiah (43%) — concern with covenant faithfulness
H4604 maal noun (treachery/trespass)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H4604-maal.md
- 29 occurrences; the cognate noun for the act of treachery
H2549 chamiyshiy (one-fifth)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H2549-chamiyshiy.md
- 44 verses; functions as both ordinal ("fifth day/month") and fraction ("fifth part" = 20%)
- The distinctive restitution fraction: yasaph + chamiyshiy ("add the fifth part") — Lev 5:16; 6:5; 22:14; 27:13,15,19,27,31; Num 5:7
- Ensures restoration EXCEEDS the loss — the structural surplus of the asham
H7725 shuwb (to return/restore)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H7725-shuwb.md
- Core verb of return and restoration
H7999 shalam (to make amends/peace)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H7999-shalam.md
- Root behind "shalom" — to make complete, restore, pay
H5375 nasa (to bear/carry/lift)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H5375-nasa.md
- Used in Isa 53:12: "he bare the sin of many" (nasa chet-rabbim)
H2403 chattaah (sin/sin offering)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H2403-chattaah.md
- 270 occurrences; the sin/purification offering — counterpart to asham
- Addresses defilement (sanctuary contamination); asham addresses debt/liability
H5771 avon (iniquity/guilt/punishment)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H5771-avon.md
- 213 occurrences; used in Isa 53:6 ("the LORD laid on him the avon of us all") and 53:11 ("he shall bear their avonot")
H5315 nephesh (soul/life/self)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H5315-nephesh.md
- Used in Isa 53:10: "when thou shalt make his nephesh an asham" — the Servant's entire self/life becomes the guilt offering
H3722 kaphar (to cover/atone)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H3722-kaphar.md
- 94 occurrences; the atonement verb that the asham accomplishes
H6743 tsalach (to prosper/succeed)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H6743-tsalach.md
- 64 verses; Qal = rush/advance; Hiphil = make prosper
- In Isa 53:10: "the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper (yitslach, Qal) in his hand" — the asham's results advance successfully
H4194 maveth (death)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H4194-maveth.md
- Used in Isa 53:12: "he poured out his nephesh unto maveth"
G266 hamartia (sin)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G266-hamartia.md
- Used in 2 Cor 5:21: "made him hamartian" — sin/sin-offering language
G1343 dikaiosyne (righteousness)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G1343-dikaiosyne.md
- Used in Rom 5:17: "the gift of righteousness" — what is restored through the asham
G1344 dikaioo (to justify)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G1344-dikaioo.md
- The Greek equivalent of the Servant's work in Isa 53:11 (yatsdiq = Hiphil "cause to be righteous")
G2643 katallage (reconciliation)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G2643-katallage.md
- 4 verses (Rom 5:11; 11:15; 2 Cor 5:18,19); root meaning: exchange (money-changing), then restoration to divine favor
- The only NT use of "atonement" in KJV (Rom 5:11) translates katallage, not a sacrifice term
G2537 kainos (new)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G2537-kainos.md
- 2 Cor 5:17: "new creature" — qualitative newness (not merely neos/chronologically new)
G5485 charis (grace)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G5485-charis.md
- 147 verses, 156 tokens; dominant in Paul (72% "grace" in KJV)
- Key surplus passages: Rom 5:15,17,20; Eph 1:7-8; 1 Tim 1:14
G3049 logizomai (to reckon/count)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3049-logizomai.md
- Imputation/accounting vocabulary; Rom 4:4 contrasts opheilema (debt) with charis (grace)
WG-guilt-offering (word group)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/WG-guilt-offering.md
- Maps the asham root family (H816-H819) + counterpart (H2403 chattaah) + atonement (H3722 kaphar) + trigger (H4604 maal) + animal (H352 ayil) + related offenses (H6588 pesha, H5771 avon)
- LXX overlaps: Greek conflates four distinct Hebrew guilt/sin terms into hamartia
WG-sacrifice, WG-imputation, WG-atonement, WG-grace, WG-sin¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/WG-sacrifice.md, etc.
- Related word groups providing broader context
From Library (Newly Generated)¶
G4052 perisseuo (to abound/exceed)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G4052-perisseuo.md
- 35 verses, 41 tokens across 12 books; 54% "abound," 14% "abundance"
- Pauline concentration: 23/35 verses (66%)
- Key surplus-theology verse: Rom 5:15 — "hath abounded (eperisseusen, aorist) unto many" — grace overflows beyond the offense
- Semantic categories: surpassing a standard, grace superabounding, believers abounding in virtues, material surplus (feeding miracles), having more than enough
- Collocates with charis (grace) 4x — the theological pairing of grace + overflow
G4053 perissos (superabundant)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G4053-perissos.md
- 14 verses; adjective: superabundant, beyond measure
- John 10:10 — "life, and have it more abundantly (perisson)" — the surplus life
- Rom 3:1 — "What advantage (to perisson) hath the Jew?" — surplus benefit
- Comparative form (perissoteros) appears more than positive form — characteristically expresses relative surplus
- LXX maps to Hebrew y-t-r family (yathar, yether) — "to exceed, be left over"
G3123 mallon (more, rather)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3123-mallon.md
- 80 verses; comparative adverb
- A fortiori / "much more" reasoning — the signature construction: if lesser is true, how much more the greater
- Rom 5:9 — "Much more (pollo mallon) then, being justified... saved from wrath"
- Rom 5:10 — "much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life"
- Rom 5:15 — "much more the grace of God... hath abounded unto many"
- Rom 5:17 — "much more they which receive abundance of grace... shall reign in life"
- Heb 9:14 — "How much more shall the blood of Christ... purge your conscience"
- Pollo mallon (πολλῷ μᾶλλον) collocates 17x (21%) — the "much more" construction
G3781 opheiletes (debtor)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3781-opheiletes.md
- 7 verses; debtor, one who owes
- Three semantic domains: (1) moral/spiritual debtor (Matt 6:12 "our debtors"), (2) financial/parabolic debtor (Matt 18:24), (3) obligation debtor (Rom 1:14 "I am debtor")
- Luke 13:4 — KJV renders opheiletes as "sinners" — moral culpability before God equated with debt
G3783 opheilema (debt)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3783-opheilema.md
- 2 verses only (dis legomenon): Matt 6:12 "debts" + Rom 4:4 "debt"
- Matt 6:12 — Lord's Prayer uses debt metaphor for sins: moral obligations owed to God
- Rom 4:4 — "the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt (opheilema)" — explicit antithesis between debt and grace
G3784 opheilo (to owe)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G3784-opheilo.md
- 35 verses; verb: to owe, be indebted, ought
- Overwhelmingly present tense (32/35) — ongoing obligation
- Semantic categories: financial debt (Matt 18:28), moral obligation (Rom 13:8), religious/ritual obligation, theological necessity (Heb 2:17 "it behoved him"), Christological pattern, debt as guilt
- Phm 1:18 — "If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought" — Paul's asham-pattern language
H6293 paga (to meet/intercede/lay upon)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H6293-paga.md
- 43 verses; primitive root "to impinge"
- Qal (87%): meet, encounter, reach, fall upon
- Hiphil (13%): cause to meet, cause to fall upon, intercede — exclusively for intercessory/advocacy sense
- Isa 53:6 — hipgia (Hiphil.Perf.3ms): "the LORD hath laid on him" — caused the iniquity to impinge upon the Servant
- Isa 53:12 — yaphgia (Hiphil.Impf.3ms): "made intercession for the transgressors" — pressed upon God on behalf of sinners
- Same verb carries BOTH the debt-transfer (53:6) and the restitution-action/intercession (53:12)
H1792 daka (to crush)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H1792-daka.md
- 18 verses; Piel dominant (61%): thorough, complete crushing
- Isa 53:10 — dakko (Piel.InfCon+3ms): "to bruise him" — YHWH is agent, intensive/purposeful crushing
- Isa 53:5 — dakka (Pual.Ptcp): "bruised for our iniquities" — passive: the Servant receives the crushing
- Also in contrition/humility: Isa 57:15 — God dwells with the dakka (contrite)
- LXX maps primarily to tapeinoo (to humble) — the humiliation dimension
H2470 chalah (to be sick/grieve/entreat)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H2470-chalah.md
- 73 verses; wide semantic range: sick, weak, entreat, wound
- Isa 53:10 — hecheli (Hiphil.Perf.3ms): "he hath put him to grief" — causative: YHWH caused the suffering
- The Hiphil causative in Isa 53:10 + daka Piel = double causative: YHWH both crushed (intensive) and made sick (causative) the Servant
- Piel "entreat" sense (Exo 32:11) interesting parallel: same root used for Moses beseeching YHWH and for YHWH causing the Servant's suffering
H2233 zera (seed/offspring)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/H2233-zera.md
- 205 verses; overwhelmingly "seed" (93%)
- Dominant category: offspring/descendants in covenant promise
- Isa 53:10 — "he shall see his seed (zera)" — the first listed result of the asham
- Gen 3:15 — "her seed; it shall bruise thy head" — the protoevangelium promise
- Gen 22:17-18 — "in thy seed shall all nations be blessed" — Abrahamic promise
- LXX maps to sperma (G4690) with 170 co-occurrences — strongest Hebrew-Greek bridge
G4051 perisseuma (surplus/superabundance)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G4051-perisseuma.md
- 4 verses; noun: the concrete surplus itself
- 2 Cor 8:14 — "your abundance (perisseuma) may be a supply for their want" — reciprocal surplus principle
- Matt 12:34 — "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh" — overflow from fullness
- Antonym: husterema (G5303, deficit) — explicit in 2 Cor 8:14
G5250 huperpleonazo (to superabound exceedingly)¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/word-studies/G5250-huperpleonazo.md
- Hapax legomenon — appears only once: 1 Tim 1:14
- "And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant (huperepleonasen)" — aorist: decisive, completed overflow event
- Paul's personal testimony: grace superabounded beyond his identity as "chief of sinners"
- Parallel to huperperisseuo (Rom 5:20) but even more intensive — ὑπέρ + πλεονάζω vs. ὑπέρ + περισσεύω
Fresh Lookups (No Library Entry)¶
G5248 huperperisseuo (to super-abound)¶
Source: Fresh lookup (search_strongs.py)
- 2 occurrences: Rom 5:20; 2 Cor 7:4
- Lexicon: from huper + perisseuo; to super-abound
- Rom 5:20 — "where sin abounded (epleonasen), grace did much more abound (huperperisseusen)" — the ὑπέρ prefix on perisseuo creates the structural surplus: grace doesn't merely match sin's abounding, it super-abounds beyond it
- Greek parsing (Rom 5:20): huperperisseusen — Aorist Active Indicative 3rd Sg; decisive completed action
H2656 chephets (pleasure/delight/desire)¶
Source: Fresh lookup (search_strongs.py --lookup H2656, --lexicon H2656)
- 41 occurrences across 39 verses; "pleasure" (17%), "purpose," "desire," "delight"
- Isa 53:10 — "the pleasure (chephets) of the LORD shall prosper in his hand" — YHWH's chephets = His purposeful will/delight
- Also in Isa 58:13 (4x) — Sabbath delight language: "call the sabbath a delight"
- Isa 44:28 — "saying of Cyrus... he shall perform all my pleasure (chephets)" — divine purpose accomplished through an agent
- In Isa 53:10, chephets YHWH = the divine purpose/plan — the asham was not accidental but YHWH's deliberate good pleasure
G5498 cheirographon (handwriting/debt-document)¶
Source: Fresh lookup (search_strongs.py --lexicon G5498)
- Hapax legomenon — Col 2:14 only
- "Something hand-written" — a bond, certificate of indebtedness, IOU
- Col 2:14 — "Blotting out (exaleipsas, aorist participle) the handwriting (cheirographon) of ordinances that was against us"
- The cheirographon functions as debt-document language: a record of what is owed that stands "against us" (kath' hemon) and "contrary to us" (hupenantion hemin)
- Greek parsing: exaleipsas (G1813, aorist active participle) = wiping clean; proshelosas (G4338, aorist active participle) = nailing to; airo (G142, perfect active indicative) = has taken out of the midst
H5137 nazah (to sprinkle)¶
Source: Fresh lookup (search_strongs.py --lexicon H5137)
- 24 occurrences (28 BLB count); "to spirt, besprinkle (especially in expiation)"
- Predominantly in Levitical ritual: Lev 4:6,17; 8:11,30; 14:7,16,27,51; 16:14,15,19; Num 8:7; 19:4,18,19,21
- Isa 52:15 — "so shall he sprinkle (yazzeh, Hiphil.Impf.3ms) many nations"
- Hebrew parsing: yazzeh — Hiphil imperfect 3ms of nazah
- This is the priestly sprinkling verb used in the sin offering ritual — its appearance in the Servant Song prologue (52:15) frames the Servant's work in priestly-sacrificial terms before the asham identification in 53:10
H2505 chalaq (to divide/share/distribute)¶
Source: Fresh lookup (search_strongs.py --lookup H2505)
- 75 occurrences; "divided," "shall divide," "divide," "dealt," "parted," "flattereth"
- Isa 53:12 — achalleq (Piel.Impf.1s) "I will divide him a portion with the great" / yechalleq (Piel.Impf.3ms) "he shall divide the spoil with the strong"
- The verb appears twice in the spoil-division verse — the Servant receives and distributes surplus (shalal = spoil/plunder)
H7646 saba (to satisfy/be sated)¶
Source: Fresh lookup (search_strongs.py --lookup H7646)
- 119 occurrences; "be satisfied," "filled," "full," "satisfy"
- Isa 53:11 — yisba (Qal.Impf.3ms) "shall be satisfied" — the Servant sees the travail of his soul and is satisfied with the result
- The satisfaction language implies the restitution is adequate — the debt is fully paid and the result pleases
G4690 sperma (seed)¶
Source: Fresh lookup (search_strongs.py --lexicon G4690)
- 44 occurrences; NT counterpart to Hebrew zera (H2233) via LXX
- Gal 3:16 — "He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ"
- Gal 3:29 — "if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise"
- Heb 2:16 — "he took on him the seed of Abraham" — incarnational solidarity with the promised line
- The NT "seed" theology connects the Servant's zera (Isa 53:10) with Christ's spiritual offspring through faith
H7200 raah (to see)¶
Source: Fresh lookup (search_strongs.py --lexicon H7200)
- Primitive root: to see, perceive, behold, enjoy
- Isa 53:10 — yireh (Qal.Impf.3ms) "he shall see his seed" — the Servant sees (= enjoys, experiences) the fruit of his asham
- Isa 53:11 — yireh (Qal.Impf.3ms) "he shall see of the travail of his soul" — same verb: sees satisfaction from suffering
Word Group Data (Newly Generated — Read from Library)¶
WG-abundance (word group)¶
Status: File not found in library. Data synthesized from individual entries.
The NT surplus/abundance vocabulary cluster: - G4052 perisseuo (verb, 35v) — to superabound - G4053 perissos (adj, 14v) — superabundant - G4050 perisseia (noun, 4v) — surplusage - G4051 perisseuma (noun, 4v) — surplus itself - G4056 perissoteros (adv, 13v) — more abundantly - G5248 huperperisseuo (verb, 2v) — to super-abound (huper + perisseuo) - G5250 huperpleonazo (verb, 1v, hapax) — to superabound exceedingly (huper + pleonazo)
Scale of intensity: perisseuo → huperperisseuo → huperpleonazo
WG-debt (word group)¶
Status: File not found in library. Data synthesized from individual entries.
The NT debt/obligation vocabulary cluster: - G3784 opheilo (verb, 35v) — to owe - G3781 opheiletes (noun, 7v) — debtor - G3783 opheilema (noun, 2v) — debt/what is owed - G3782 opheile (noun, 2v) — indebtedness - G4359 prosopheilo (verb, 1v) — to owe besides (Phm 1:19) - G5533 chreopheiletes (noun, 2v) — loan-debtor - G863 aphiemi (verb, 36v) — forgive/release (domain neighbor: debt cancellation) - G5483 charizomai (verb, 5v) — forgive graciously (domain neighbor)
Grammar References Read¶
Hiphil Stem¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/grammar-reference/hebrew/stem-hiphil.md
- Primary causative stem; subject causes object to do/become the Qal action
- In Isa 53:10: hecheli (Hiphil of chalah) = "he caused to be sick/grieve" — YHWH as causative agent
- In Isa 53:6: hipgia (Hiphil of paga) = "he caused to impinge/meet" — YHWH caused the iniquity to fall upon
- In Isa 53:12: heerah (Hiphil of arah) = "he poured out" — the Servant poured out his soul
- In Isa 53:11: yatsdiq (Hiphil of tsadaq) = "he shall cause to be righteous/declare righteous" — the Servant causes justification
Construct State¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/grammar-reference/hebrew/construct-state.md
- In Isa 53:10: "tasim asham nafsho" — construct relationship between asham and nephesh
- The phrase "his soul [as] an offering for sin" uses construct to bind nephesh (life/self) to the asham function
Corporate Solidarity¶
Source: D:/bible/bible-studies/grammar-reference/hebrew/corporate-solidarity.md
- "The many" (ha-rabbim) in Isa 53:11-12 operates within corporate solidarity grammar
- The Servant as corporate head: one person's action (the asham) produces results for "the many" (larabbim)
- Parallels Adam-Christ typology in Rom 5:12-21 ("by one man... upon all men")