Strong's Concordance charam: accursed Original Word: חָרַםPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: charam Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-ram') Definition: to ban, devote, exterminate Brown-Driver-Briggs I. [חָרַם] verb Hiph`il 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; 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 ᵑ0 תַּחֲרִימוּ, see Di VB); Joshua 8:26 (ᵐ5, not ᵐ5L, 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 19:11 = Isaiah 37:11 2Chronicles 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 ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ9 ᵑ7). 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`al 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 Qal Passive participle אִישׁ עִוֵּר אוֺ מִּסֵּחַ אוֺ חָרֻם אוֺ שָׂרוּעַ 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). Strong's Exhaustive Concordance make accursed, consecrate, utterly destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly slayA 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). Forms and Transliterations הֶחֱרִ֑ים הֶחֱרִ֔ים הֶחֱרִ֣ים הֶחֱרִ֣ימוּ הֶחֱרִ֣ם הֶחֱרִ֥ים הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃ הֶחֱרִימָ֖ם הֶחֱרִימָ֥ם הֶחֱרַֽמְנוּ׃ הֶחֱרַֽמְתִּי׃ הֶחֱרַמְתֶּ֖ם הַֽחֲרִימָ֔ם הַֽחֲרֵ֔ם הַחֲרִ֖ימוּ הַחֲרִימָ֑ם הַחֲרֵ֣ם הַחֲרֵ֤ם הַחֲרֵ֨ם הַחֲרֵם֙ החרים החרימו החרימו׃ החרימם החרם החרמנו׃ החרמתי׃ החרמתם וְהֶחֱרִ֣ים וְהַ֣חֲרַמְתִּ֔ים וְהַֽחֲרַמְתִּ֖י וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ וְהַחֲרִימ֑וּהָ וְהַחֲרֵ֤ם וְהַחֲרַמְתִּ֤י וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞ה וַֽיַּחֲרִ֙ימוּ֙ וַֽנַּחֲרֵם֙ וַיַּחֲרִ֣ימוּ וַיַּחֲרִימָהּ֒ וַיַּחֲרִימֻם֙ וַיַּחֲרֵ֣ם וַיַּחֲרֵ֥ם וַנַּחֲרֵ֣ם וּֽלְהַחֲרִ֖ים והחרים והחרימוה והחרם והחרמתה והחרמתי והחרמתים והחרמתם ויחרימה ויחרימו ויחרימם ויחרם ולהחרים ונחרם חָרֻ֖ם חרם יַחֲרִם֩ יָֽחֳרָ֑ם יָחֳרַ֖ם יָחֳרַ֛ם יחרם לְהַֽחֲרִימָ֑ם לְהַחֲרִ֣ים לְהַחֲרִימָ֑ם להחרים להחרימם תַּחֲרִ֖ימוּ תַּחֲרִֽימוּ׃ תַּחֲרִים֙ תַּחֲרִימֵ֗ם תחרים תחרימו תחרימו׃ תחרימם chaRum ha·ḥă·rêm ha·ḥă·rî·mām ha·ḥă·rî·mū ḥā·rum hachaRem hachariMam hachaRimu haḥărêm haḥărîmām haḥărîmū ḥārum he·ḥĕ·ram·nū he·ḥĕ·ram·tem he·ḥĕ·ram·tî he·ḥĕ·rî·mām he·ḥĕ·rî·mū he·ḥĕ·rim he·ḥĕ·rîm hecheRamnu hecheramTem hecheRamti hecheRim hecheriMam hecheRimu heḥĕramnū heḥĕramtem heḥĕramtî heḥĕrim heḥĕrîm heḥĕrîmām heḥĕrîmū lə·ha·ḥă·rî·mām lə·ha·ḥă·rîm lehachaRim lehachariMam ləhaḥărîm ləhaḥărîmām ta·ḥă·rî·mêm ta·ḥă·rî·mū ta·ḥă·rîm tachaRim tachariMem tachaRimu taḥărîm taḥărîmêm taḥărîmū ū·lə·ha·ḥă·rîm ulehachaRim ūləhaḥărîm vaiyachaRem vaiyachariMah vaiyachaRimu vaiyachariMum vannachaRem vehacharamTah vehacharamTem vehacharamTi veHacharamTim vehachaRem vehachariMuha vehecheRim wan·na·ḥă·rêm wannaḥărêm way·ya·ḥă·rêm way·ya·ḥă·rî·māh way·ya·ḥă·rî·mū way·ya·ḥă·rî·mum wayyaḥărêm wayyaḥărîmāh wayyaḥărîmū wayyaḥărîmum wə·ha·ḥă·ram·tāh wə·ha·ḥă·ram·tem wə·ha·ḥă·ram·tî wə·ha·ḥă·ram·tîm wə·ha·ḥă·rêm wə·ha·ḥă·rî·mū·hā wə·he·ḥĕ·rîm wəhaḥăramtāh wəhaḥăramtem wəhaḥăramtî wəhaḥăramtîm wəhaḥărêm wəhaḥărîmūhā wəheḥĕrîm ya·ḥă·rim yā·ḥo·ram yā·ḥo·rām yachaRim yaḥărim yāḥoram yāḥorām yochoRamLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Exodus 22:20 HEB: זֹבֵ֥חַ לָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יָֽחֳרָ֑ם בִּלְתִּ֥י לַיהוָ֖ה NAS: alone, shall be utterly destroyed. KJV: unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. INT: sacrifices god shall be utterly other to the LORD Leviticus 21:18 Leviticus 27:28 Leviticus 27:29 Numbers 21:2 Numbers 21:3 Deuteronomy 2:34 Deuteronomy 3:6 Deuteronomy 3:6 Deuteronomy 7:2 Deuteronomy 7:2 Deuteronomy 13:15 Deuteronomy 20:17 Deuteronomy 20:17 Joshua 2:10 Joshua 6:18 Joshua 6:21 Joshua 8:26 Joshua 10:1 Joshua 10:28 Joshua 10:35 Joshua 10:37 Joshua 10:39 Joshua 10:40 Joshua 11:11 52 Occurrences |