'Trespass offering' definitions:

Definition of 'Trespass offering'

From: GCIDE
  • Trespass \Tres"pass\, n. [OF. trespas, F. tr['e]pas death. See Trespass, v.]
  • 1. Any injury or offence done to another. [1913 Webster]
  • I you forgive all wholly this trespass. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. --Matt. vi. 15. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any voluntary transgression of the moral law; any violation of a known rule of duty; sin. [1913 Webster]
  • The fatal trespass done by Eve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • You . . . who were dead in trespasses and sins. --Eph. if. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Law) (a) An unlawful act committed with force and violence (vi et armis) on the person, property, or relative rights of another. (b) An action for injuries accompanied with force. [1913 Webster]
  • Trespass offering (Jewish Antiq.), an offering in expiation of a trespass.
  • Trespass on the case. (Law) See Action on the case, under Case. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Offense; breach; infringement; transgression; misdemeanor; misdeed. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'trespass offering'

From: Easton
  • Trespass offering (Heb. 'asham, "debt"), the law concerning, given in Lev. 5:14-6:7; also in Num. 5:5-8. The idea of sin as a "debt" pervades this legislation. The _asham_, which was always a ram, was offered in cases where sins were more private. (See OFFERING.)