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Lexicon :: Strong's H2763 - ḥāram

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חָרַם
Transliteration
ḥāram
Pronunciation
khaw-ram'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 744,745

Strong’s Definitions

חָרַם châram, khaw-ram'; a primitive root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose:—make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 52x

The KJV translates Strong's H2763 in the following manner: destroy (34x), utterly (10x), devote (2x), accursed (1x), consecrate (1x), forfeited (1x), flat nose (1x), utterly to make away (1x), slay (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 52x
The KJV translates Strong's H2763 in the following manner: destroy (34x), utterly (10x), devote (2x), accursed (1x), consecrate (1x), forfeited (1x), flat nose (1x), utterly to make away (1x), slay (1x).
  1. to ban, devote, destroy utterly, completely destroy, dedicate for destruction, exterminate

    1. (Hiphil)

      1. to prohibit (for common use), ban

      2. to consecrate, devote, dedicate for destruction

      3. to exterminate, completely destroy

    2. (Hophal)

      1. to be put under the ban, be devoted to destruction

      2. to be devoted, be forfeited

      3. to be completely destroyed

  2. to split, slit, mutilate (a part of the body)

    1. (Qal) to mutilate

    2. (Hiphil) to divide

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָרַם châram, khaw-ram'; a primitive root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose:—make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
STRONGS H2763: Abbreviations
† I. [חָרַם] verb
Hiph. ban, devote, exterminate (MI17 החרמתה of devoting, dedicating a city to Chemosh, in clause with כי explaining massacre of all inhabitants; the altar-hearth of י׳ there was dragged before Chemosh; حَرُمَ be prohibited, forbidden, unlawful, become sacred; II. make, pronounce sacred, inviolable; Ethiopic ሐረመ፡ prohibit from common use, consecrate to God, esteem unlawful; Palmyrene חרםconsacré VogNo 35; Nabataean id., Eutp. 28; Sabean מחרם sanctuary, temple, OsZMG 1865, 176. 252, חרמתן DHMZMG 1875, 594; Aramaic אַחֲרִים, and especially MeroAf  anathematize, excommunicate; see also WeSkizzen iii, 165, DrSm 100 ff., RSSemitic i. 140 (150)) —
Hiph. Perfect הֶהֱרִים Joshua 8:26 + 5 times; הֶחֱרִם Joshua 10:28; 2nd person masculine singular וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֫ה 1 Samuel 15:18; 1st person singular הֶחֱרַמְתִּי 1 Samuel 15:20; וְהַחֲרַמְתִּ֫י Numbers 21:2; 2nd person feminine singular וְהַחֲרַמְתְּ(י) consecutive Micah 4:13 (so Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Syriac Version Targum RV most; MT 1st person singular), see Ges§ 44, R. 4; plural הֶחֱרִימוּ 1 Samuel 15:9; 2 Chronicles 32:14 etc.; (1 Samuel 15:3 read והחרמתו Greek Version of the LXX We Dr); Imperfect יַחֲרִם Leviticus 27:28; וַיַּחֲרֵם Numbers 21:3; Joshua 10:37; suffix וַיַּחֲרִימָהּ Joshua 10:1; 1st person plural וַנַּחֲרֵם Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 etc.; Imperative הַחֲרֵם Deuteronomy 13:16; plural הַחֲרִימוּ Jeremiah 51:3; suffix הַחֲרִימוּהָ Jeremiah 50:26; Infinitive absolute הַחֲרֵם Deuteronomy 3:6 + 4 times; construct הַחֲרִים 2 Chronicles 20:23; Daniel 11:44; suffix הַחֲרִימָם Joshua 11:20 + 4 times; — ban, devote (especially religiously, followed by objects hostile to the theocracy [see especially Exodus 22:19 Hoph.]; this involved generally their destruction; when a city was 'devoted' the inhabitants were put to death, the spoil being destroyed or not according to the gravity of the occasion [contrast Joshua 6:17, 21; 1 Samuel 15:3 with Deuteronomy 2:34f. Deuteronomy 3:6, 7], compare MI17 לעשתר כמש החרמתה to Ashtar-Chemosh I devoted it, i.e. the city Nebo); —
1. most often of devoting to destruction cities of Canaanites and other neighbours of Israel, exterminating inhabitants, and destroying or appropriating their possessions:
a. Israel and her leaders subject Numbers 21:2, 3(destruction according to vow), Joshua 6:21 (compare חֵרֶם ליהוה Joshua 6:17; all J); in Joshua 6:18 read תַּחְמְדוּ (for MT תַּחֲרִימוּ, see Di VB); Joshua 8:26 (Greek Version of the LXX, not LXX of Lucian (Lag.), omit verse), Joshua 10:1 (JE), Deuteronomy 2:34; Deuteronomy 3:6 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 7:2 (twice in verse) (commanded through Moses, compare for underlying thought Deuteronomy 7:4; Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 7:6), Deuteronomy 20:17 (twice in verse) (commanded by י׳), Joshua 2:10; Joshua 10:28, 35, 37, 39, 40 (divine command), Joshua 11:11, 12, 20, 21 (divine command Joshua 11:12; Joshua 11:20; all D), 1 Samuel 15:3, 8, 9 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 15:15, 18, 20 (divine command 1 Samuel 15:3; 1 Samuel 15:18; 1 Samuel 15:20, compare 1 Samuel 15:11; 1 Samuel 15:22; 1 Samuel 15:23); quite secondary is simple exterminate 1 Kings 9:21; 1 Chronicles 4:41.
b. secondary meaning destroy, exterminate, also with other nations subject: — 2 Kings 19:11Isaiah 37:11 2 Chronicles 32:14; 20:23; Jeremiah 50:21, 26 (both by divine command), Jeremiah 51:3; Daniel 11:44.
c. God as subject, figurative all nations and their armies Isaiah 34:2; the nations of Western Asia Jeremiah 25:9; the tongue of the Egyptian sea (by drying it up) Isaiah 11:15 (but read perhaps החריב with Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate Targum).
d. so also of devoting even Israelites: a city of Israel for worshipping other gods Deuteronomy 13:16; residents of Jabesh-Gilead for not joining in campaign against Benjamin Judges 21:11.
2. devote to י׳ : for sacred uses החרים ליהוה the spoil of the nations Micah 4:13; private possessions, whether a man, animal, or field Leviticus 27:28 (P).
Hoph. Imperfect יָחֳרַם Leviticus 27:29; Ezra 10:8; יָחֳרָ֑ם Exodus 22:19; —
1. be put under the ban, devoted (to death), for worshipping other gods than י׳ Exodus 22:19 (J E; earliest use of word in OT); for some other theocratic offence Leviticus 27:29 (P; see Di).
2. devoted, i.e. forfeited, to the temple treasures Ezra 10:8. — On חרם see especially Di (Kn) Leviticus 27:28; EwAntiq. 75. 78, Dr 1 Samuel 15:33.

† II. [חָרַם] verb slit (nose, lip, ear, etc.), mutilate, especially face (Arabic خَرَمَ perforate, pierce, slit the partition between the nostrils, or the lip, or the lobe of the ear) —
Qal Passive participle עִוֵּר אִישׁ שָׂרוּעַ אוֹ חָרֻם אוֹ פִּסֵחַ a man blind or lame or mutilated in the face (in nose, lip, ear, etc.), or too long in a limb Leviticus 21:18 (H), see Di (Kn).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

22:19; 22:19; 22:19

Leviticus

21:18; 27:28; 27:28; 27:28; 27:29; 27:29

Numbers

21:2; 21:2; 21:3; 21:3

Deuteronomy

2:34; 2:34; 2:34; 3:6; 3:6; 3:6; 3:6; 3:7; 7:2; 7:4; 7:5; 7:6; 13:16; 13:16; 20:17

Joshua

2:10; 6:17; 6:17; 6:18; 6:21; 6:21; 8:26; 8:26; 10:1; 10:1; 10:28; 10:28; 10:35; 10:37; 10:37; 10:39; 10:40; 11:11; 11:12; 11:12; 11:20; 11:20; 11:20; 11:21

Judges

21:11

1 Samuel

15:3; 15:3; 15:3; 15:3; 15:8; 15:9; 15:9; 15:11; 15:15; 15:18; 15:18; 15:18; 15:20; 15:20; 15:20; 15:22; 15:23; 15:33

1 Kings

9:21

2 Kings

19:11

1 Chronicles

4:41

2 Chronicles

20:23; 20:23; 32:14; 32:14

Ezra

10:8; 10:8

Isaiah

11:15; 34:2; 37:11

Jeremiah

25:9; 50:21; 50:26; 50:26; 51:3; 51:3

Daniel

11:44; 11:44

Micah

4:13; 4:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2763 matches the Hebrew חָרַם (ḥāram),
which occurs 52 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:20 -

“Whoever sacrifices to any gods, except the LORD alone, is to be set apart for destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:18 -

“No man who has any defect is to come near: no man who is blind, lame, facially disfigured, or deformed;

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 -

“Nothing that a man permanently sets apart to the LORD from all he owns, whether a person, an animal, or his inherited landholding, can be sold or redeemed; everything set apart is especially holy to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:29 -

“No person who has been set apart for destruction is to be ransomed; he must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:2 -

Then Israel made a vow to the LORD, “If you will hand this people over to us, we will completely destroy their cities.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:3 -

The LORD listened to Israel’s request and handed the Canaanites over to them, and Israel completely destroyed them and their cities. So they named the place Hormah.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:34 -

“At that time we captured all his cities and completely destroyed the people of every city, including the women and children. We left no survivors.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:6 -

“We completely destroyed them, as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon, destroying the men, women, and children of every city.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:2 -

“and when the LORD your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 -

“you must strike down the inhabitants of that city with the sword. Completely destroy everyone in it as well as its livestock with the sword.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:17 -

“You must completely destroy them ​— ​the Hethite, Amorite, Canaanite, Perizzite, Hivite, and Jebusite ​— ​as the LORD your God has commanded you,

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:10 -

“For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two Amorite kings you completely destroyed across the Jordan.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:18 -

“But keep yourselves from the things set apart, or you will be set apart for destruction. If you[fn] take any of those things, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and make trouble for it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:21 -

They completely destroyed everything in the city with the sword ​— ​every man and woman, both young and old, and every ox, sheep, and donkey.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:26 -

Joshua did not draw back his hand that was holding the javelin until all the inhabitants of Ai were completely destroyed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 -

Now King Adoni-zedek of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and completely destroyed it, treating Ai and its king as he had Jericho and its king, and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:28 -

On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and struck it down with the sword, including its king. He completely destroyed it[fn] and everyone in it, leaving no survivors. So he treated the king of Makkedah as he had the king of Jericho.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:35 -

On that day they captured it and struck it down, putting everyone in it to the sword. He completely destroyed it that day, just as he had done to Lachish.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:37 -

They captured it and struck down its king, all its villages, and everyone in it with the sword. He left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon. He completely destroyed Hebron and everyone in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39 -

He captured it ​— ​its king and all its villages. They struck them down with the sword and completely destroyed everyone in it, leaving no survivors. He treated Debir and its king as he had treated Hebron and as he had treated Libnah and its king.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:40 -

So Joshua conquered the whole region ​— ​the hill country, the Negev, the Judean foothills,[fn] and the slopes ​— ​with all their kings, leaving no survivors. He completely destroyed every living being, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:11 -

They struck down everyone in it with the sword, completely destroying them; he left no one alive. Then he burned Hazor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:12 -

Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and struck them down with the sword. He completely destroyed them, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:20 -

For it was the LORD’s intention to harden their hearts, so that they would engage Israel in battle, be completely destroyed without mercy, and be annihilated, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:21 -

At that time Joshua proceeded to exterminate the Anakim from the hill country ​— ​Hebron, Debir, Anab ​— ​all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua completely destroyed them with their cities.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:17 -

Judah went with his brother Simeon, struck the Canaanites who were living in Zephath, and completely destroyed the town. So they named the town Hormah.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:11 -

“This is what you should do: Completely destroy every male, as well as every woman who has gone to bed with a man.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 -

“Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have. Do not spare them. Kill men and women, infants and nursing babies, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:8 -

He captured King Agag of Amalek alive, but he completely destroyed all the rest of the people with the sword.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 -

Saul and the troops spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, goats, cattle, and choice animals,[fn] as well as the young rams and the best of everything else. They were not willing to destroy them, but they did destroy all the worthless and unwanted things.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 -

Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites and spared the best sheep, goats, and cattle in order to offer a sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we destroyed.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:18 -

“and then sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have annihilated them.’

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:20 -

“But I did obey the LORD! ” Saul answered.[fn] “I went on the mission the LORD gave me: I brought back King Agag of Amalek, and I completely destroyed the Amalekites.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:21 -

their descendants who remained in the land after them, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy completely ​— ​Solomon imposed forced labor on them; it is still this way today.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:11 -

“Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: They completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued?

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:41 -

These who were recorded by name came in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah, attacked the Hamites’ tents and the Meunites who were found there, and set them apart for destruction, as they are today. Then they settled in their place because there was pasture for their flocks.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:23 -

The Ammonites and Moabites turned against the inhabitants of Mount Seir and completely annihilated them. When they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped destroy each other.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:14 -

“Who among all the gods of these nations that my predecessors completely destroyed was able to rescue his people from my power, that your God should be able to deliver you from my power?

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:8 -

Whoever did not come within three days would forfeit all his possessions,[fn] according to the decision of the leaders and elders, and would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:15 -

The LORD will divide[fn][fn] the Gulf of Suez.[fn]

He will wave his hand over the Euphrates

with his mighty wind

and will split it into seven streams,

letting people walk through on foot.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:2 -

The LORD is angry with all the nations,

furious with all their armies.

He will set them apart for destruction,

giving them over to slaughter.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:11 -

“Look, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries: they completely destroyed them. Will you be rescued?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9 -

“I am going to send for all the families of the north’ ​— ​this is the LORD’s declaration ​— ​‘and send for my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will completely destroy them and make them an example of horror and scorn, and ruins forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:21 -

Attack the land of Merathaim,

and those living in Pekod.

Put them to the sword;

completely destroy them —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

do everything I have commanded you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:26 -

Come against her from the most distant places.[fn]

Open her granaries;

pile her up like mounds of grain

and completely destroy her.

Leave her no survivors.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 -

Don’t let the archer string his bow;

don’t let him put on[fn] his armor.

Don’t spare her young men;

completely destroy her entire army!

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:44 -

“But reports from the east and the north will terrify him, and he will go out with great fury to annihilate and completely destroy many.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 4:13 -

Rise and thresh, Daughter Zion,

for I will make your horns iron

and your hooves bronze

so you can crush many peoples.

Then you[fn] will set apart their plunder

for the LORD,

their wealth for the Lord of the whole earth.

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