חָרַם charam

Hebrew word for “to devote/destroy” · Strong’s H2763 · used 52 times in 48 verses

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Meaning

1) to ban, devote, destroy utterly, completely destroy, dedicate for destruction, exterminate;

Senses in the lexicon

• to devote/destroy (51)
• to slash (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for charam in context, with how often each is used:

• totally destroyed 21
• totally destroy 9
• will totally destroy 8
• will be dedicated to destruction 2
• will dedicate to destruction 2
• certainly 2
• had totally destroyed 2
• totally destroying 2
• should totally destroy 1
• will be forfeited 1
• will divide 1
• having a slit nose 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 10 (6), 1 Samuel 15 (6), Joshua 11 (4), Leviticus 27 (2), Numbers 21 (2), Joshua 6 (2), Jeremiah 50 (2), Exodus 22 (1), Leviticus 21 (1), Deuteronomy 2 (1)

Forms

• החרם 6
• החרים 5
• יחרם 4
• החרימם 4
• ויחרימו 3
• החרימו 3
• להחרימם 3
• והחרמתי 2
• ויחרם 2
• ונחרם 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with charam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 13
• לָכַד lakhad “to capture” 7
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 9
• עִיר ir “city” 11
• פֶּה peh “lip” 9
• שָׂרִיד sarid “survivor” 5
• יְהוֹשׁוּעַ yehoshua “Joshua” 6
• הָ ha “her” 7
• שָׁאַר shaar “to remain” 5
• עֲמָלֵק amaleq “Amalek” 4
• חָמַל chamal “to spare” 4
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 8

Key verses

The verses using charam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 27:28 — Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall…
• Deuteronomy 7:2 — And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew…
• Joshua 6:18 — And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel…
• Joshua 10:28 — And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were…
• Joshua 10:40 — So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly…
• Joshua 11:20 — For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no…
• 1 Samuel 15:3 — Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and…
• Isaiah 11:15 — And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the…
• Isaiah 34:2 — For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the…
• Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
• Jeremiah 50:21 — Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do…
• Micah 4:13 — Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.