Genesis 42:21
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
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Guilty
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James 2:10
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
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9 occurrences in 9 verses.
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אָשַׁם
ʼâsham · aw-sham'
14 times translated as this KJV form35 total Strong's occurrences
to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish
Strong's KJV usage: × certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, × greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 4:13Strong's last: Zechariah 11:5
Open full H816 profile →אָשֵׁם
ʼâshêm · aw-shame'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
guilty; hence, presenting a sin-offering
Strong's KJV usage: one which is faulty, guilty.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 42:21Strong's last: Ezra 10:19
Open full H818 profile →ὀφείλω
opheílō · of-i'-lo
1 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
to owe (pecuniarily); figuratively, to be under obligation (ought, must, should); morally, to fail in duty
Strong's KJV usage: :--behove, be bound, (be) debt(-or), (be) due(-ty), be guilty (indebted), (must) need(-s), ought, owe, should.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 23:18Strong's last: Matthew 23:18
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hypódikos · hoop-od'-ee-kos
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
under sentence, i.e. (by implication) condemned
Strong's KJV usage: :--guilty.
Strong's first: Romans 3:19Strong's last: Romans 3:19
Open full G5267 profile →רָשָׁע
râshâʻ · raw-shaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form263 total Strong's occurrences
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
Strong's KJV usage: condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 35:31Strong's last: Numbers 35:31
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H818
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
no direct Strong's tag
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
H816
And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty;
H816
When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
H816
And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty;
H816
Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
H816
Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.
H816
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
H816
And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
H816
And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
H816
Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
H816
Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty;
no direct Strong's tag
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
no direct Strong's tag
And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:
H7563
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
H816
And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.
H818
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
H816
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
H816
Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries.
H816
Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
G3784
And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
no direct Strong's tag
What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
no direct Strong's tag
Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
G5267
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
no direct Strong's tag
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
English meaning and historical usage.
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guilty
GUILT'Y, adjective gilt'y. Criminal; having knowingly committed a crime or offense, or having violated a law by an overt act or by neglect, and by that act or neglect, being liable to punishment; not innocent. It may be followed by of; as, to be guilty of theft or arson.
Nor he, nor you, were guilty of the strife.
1. Wicked; corrupt; sinful; as a guilty world.
2. Conscious.
In Scripture, to be guilty of death, is to have committed a crime which deserves death. Matthew 26:66.
To be guilty of the body and blood of Christ, is to be chargeable with the crime of crucifying Christ afresh, and offering indignity to his person and righteousness, represented by the symbols of the Lord's supper. 1 Corinthians 11:27.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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