עֲוֹנוֹ יִשָּׂא
Perversity , i.e. (moral) evil · to lift , in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
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עָוֺן H5771 perversity , i.e. (moral) evil
נָשָׂא H5375 to lift , in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
What does עֲוֹנוֹ יִשָּׂא (ʿăwōnô yiśśāʾ) mean in the Bible?
עָוֺן · נָשָׂא is a Hebrew word meaning "to bear guilt or iniquity".
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Meaning
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Hebrew Verb Forms
How this verb appears across 351 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).
Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).
Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.