חֵרֶם cherem
Hebrew word for “devoted thing” · Strong’s H2764 · used 38 times in 31 verses
Meaning
1) a thing devoted, thing dedicated, ban, devotion; 2) have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction
Senses in the lexicon
- devoted thing (29)
- net (9)
How it is translated
Glosses given for cherem in context, with how often each is used:
- devoted things 11
- devoted thing 7
- total destruction 6
- net 5
- nets 4
- object for destruction 2
- objects for destruction 2
- dedicated person 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua | 13 | 1.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Leviticus | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Habakkuk | 3 | 4.5 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Also in 2 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Joshua 7 (5), Leviticus 27 (3), Habakkuk 1 (3), Joshua 6 (2), Ezekiel 26 (2), Numbers 18 (1), Deuteronomy 7 (1), Deuteronomy 13 (1), Joshua 22 (1), 1 Samuel 15 (1)
Forms
- חרם 11
- החרם 9
- בחרם 4
- לחרם 3
- חרמי 2
- חרמים 2
- וחרם 1
- וחרמים 1
- בחרמי 1
- לחרמים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with cherem more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מִשְׁטָח mishtach “spreading-place” 3
- מִן־ min “from” 7
- מָעַל maal “be unfaithful” 3
- חָרַם charam “to devote/destroy” 3
- מִכְמֶרֶת mikhmeret “net” 2
- עָכָן akhan “Achan” 2
- כַּרְמִי karmi “Carmi” 2
- עָכַר akhar “to trouble” 2
- זֶרַח zerach “Zerah” 2
- מַעַל maal “unfaithfulness” 2
- יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 3
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 4
Key verses
The verses using cherem 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 13:17 — And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have…
- Joshua 6:17 — And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house,…
- 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 7:1 — But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah,…
- Joshua 7:11 — Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen,…
- Joshua 7:12 — Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I…
- Ecclesiastes 7:26 — And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner…
- Isaiah 34:5 — For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
- Isaiah 43:28 — Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.
- Micah 7:2 — The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- Malachi 4:6 — And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
See all 31 verses in the Word Atlas
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.