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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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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.
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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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