Strong's Lexicon: H2763 חָרַם

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2763
Word:	חָרַם
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	52
Transliteration:	charam
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-ram'
Meaning:	1. to seclude 2. specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction) 3. physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
KJV Renderings:	make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).

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BDB3127

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; [untranscribed source text 1973] be prohibited, forbidden, unlawful, become sacred; II. make, pronounce sacred, inviolable; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1974] prohibit from common use, consecrate to God, esteem unlawful; Palmyrene חרם = consacrÈ Vog^{No 35}; Nabataean id., Eut^{p. 28}; Sabean מחרם sanctuary, temple, Os^{ZMG 1865, 176. 252}, חרמתן DHM^{ZMG 1875, 594}; Aramaic אַחֲרִים, and especially [untranscribed source text 1975] anathematize, excommunicate; see also We^{Skizzen iii,
165}, Dr^{Sm 100 ff.}, RS^{Semitic i. 140} (150)) —

Hiph`il Perfect הֶהֱרִים Josh 8:26 + 5 t.; הֶחֱרִם Josh 10:28 2 masculine singular וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֫ה 1Sam 15:18 1 singular הֶחֱרַמְתִּי 1Sam 15:20 וְהַחֲרַמְתִּ֫י Num 21:2 2 feminine singular וְהַחֲרַמְתְּ(יׅ consecutive Mic 4:13 (so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 RV most; ᵑ0 1 singular), see Ges^{«GKC:44»§ 44}, R. 4; plural הֶחֱרִימוּ 1Sam 15:9; 2Chr 32:14 etc.; (1Sam 15:3 read והחרמתו ᵐ5 We Dr); Imperfect יַחֲרִם Lev 27:28 וַיַּחֲרֵם Num 21:3; Josh 10:37 suffix וַיַּחֲרִימָהּ Josh 10:1 1 plural וַנַּחֲרֵם Deut 2:34; Deut 3:6 etc.; Imperative הַחֲרֵם Deut 13:16 plural הַחֲרִימוּ Jer 51:3 suffix הַחֲרִימוּהָ Jer 50:26 Infinitive absolute הַחֲרֵם Deut 3:6 + 4 t.; construct הַחֲרִים 2Chr 20:23; Dan 11:44 suffix הַחֲרִימָם Josh 11:20 + 4 t.; — ban, devote (especially religiously, followed by objects hostile to the theocracy [see especially Exod 22:19 Hoph`al]; 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 Josh 6:17; Josh 6:21; 1Sam 15:3 with Deut 2:34f. Deut 3:6; Deut 3:7], 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 Num 21:2; Num 21:3 (destruction according to vow), Josh 6:21 (compare חֵרֶם ליהוה Josh 6:17 all J ); in Josh 6:18 read תַּחְמְדוּ (for ᵑ0 תַּחֲרִימוּ, see Di VB ); Josh 8:26 ( ᵐ5 , not ᵐ5 ^L , omit verse), Josh 10:1 ( J E ), Deut 2:34 ; Deut 3:6 (twice in verse); Deut 7:2 (twice in verse) (commanded through Moses, compare for underlying thought Deut 7:4 Deut 7:5 Deut 7:6), Deut 20:17 (twice in verse) (commanded by ׳ י), Josh 2:10; Josh 10:28; Josh 10:35; Josh 10:37; Josh 10:39; Josh 10:40 (divine command), Josh 11:11 ; Josh 11:12 ; Josh 11:20 ; Josh 11:21 (divine command Josh 11:12 Josh 11:20 all D ), 1Sam 15:3 ; 1Sam 15:8 ; 1Sam 15:9 (twice in verse); 1Sam 15:15; 1Sam 15:18; 1Sam 15:20 (divine command 1Sam 15:3 1Sam 15:18 1Sam 15:20 , compare 1Sam 15:11 v 1Sam 15:22 1Sam 15:23 ); quite secondary is simple exterminate 1Kgs 9:21 ; 1Chr 4:41 .

b. secondary meaning destroy, exterminate, also with other nations subject: — 2Kgs 19:11 = Isa 37:11 = 2Chr 32:14; 2Chr 20:23; Jer 50:21; Jer 50:26 (both by divine command), Jer 51:3 ; Dan 11:44.

c. God as subject, figurative all nations and their armies Isa 34:2 the nations of Western Asia Jer 25:9 the tongue of the Egyptian sea (by drying it up) Isa 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 Deut 13:16 residents of Jabesh-Gilead for not joining in campaign against Benjamin Judg 21:11.

2. devote to ׳ י: for sacred uses החרים ליהוה the spoil of the nations Mic 4:13 private possessions, whether a man, animal, or field Lev 27:28 ( P ).

Hoph`al Imperfect יָחֳרַם Lev 27:29 ; Ezra 10:8 יָחֳרָ֑ם Exod 22:19 —

1. be put under the ban, devoted (to death), for worshipping other gods than ׳ י Exod 22:19 ( J E ; earliest use of word in OT); for some other theocratic offence Lev 27:29 ( P ; see Di).

2. devoted, i.e. forfeited, to the temple treasures Ezra 10:8. — On חרם see especially Di (Kn) Lev 27:28 Ew^{Antiq. 75. 78}, Dr 1Sam 15:33.

BDB3133

II. [חָרַם] verb slit (nose, lip, ear, etc.), mutilate, especially face (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1978] perforate, pierce, slit the partition between the nostrils, or the lip, or the lobe of the ear ) —

Qal Passive participle אִישׁ עִוֵּר אוֺ פִּסֵּחַ 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 Lev 21:18 ( H ), see Di (Kn).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חרם (ghah-ram’)

Leviticus 21:18

KJV: For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,

EHCC: or he that hath a flat nose,

Numbers 21:2

KJV: And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

EHCC: then I will utterly destroy their cities,

Joshua 2:10

KJV: For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

EHCC: Og, whom ye ulterly destroyed.

Joshua 8:26

KJV: For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

EHCC: until he utterly destroyed

Joshua 10:28

KJV: 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 therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho.

EHCC: the kin; thereof he ly destroyed,

Joshua 11:12

KJV: And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.

EHCC: he utterly destroyed (them),

1 Samuel 15:3

KJV: 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 ass.

EHCC: smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all

2 Chronicles 82:14

EHCC: that my fathers utterly destroyed,

Isaiah 11:15

KJV: 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 seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.dryshod: Heb. in shoes

EHCC: And the Lord shall utterly destroy

Isaiah 34:2

KJV: 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 slaughter.

EHCC: he hath utterly destroyed them,

Jeremiah 25:9

KJV: 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 this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

EHCC: and will utterly Cs lars

Micah 4:18

EHCC: and I will consecrate their gain

Deuteronomy 3:6

KJV: And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.

EHCC: destroying the men,

Deuteronomy 20:17

KJV: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:

EHCC: thou sbalt utterly destroy (lit, i)

Joshua 11:11

KJV: And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire.any…: Heb. any breath

EHCC: utterly destroying (them):

Joshua 188:15

EHCC: 9. would not utterly them:

1 Kings 9:21

KJV: Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

EHCC: Iarael also were not able uiterly to deiry

2 Kings 19:11

KJV: Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

EHCC: by destroying them utterly:

2 Chronicles 20:23

KJV: For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.to destroy: Heb. for the destruction

EHCC: Lae Seir, ufterly to slay and decry

Isaiah 37:11

KJV: Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

EHCC: by erejing them utterly;

Jeremiah 50:21

KJV: 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 according to all that I have commanded thee.of Merathaim: or, of the rebelsPekod: or, Visitation

EHCC: waste and utterly destroy after them,

Daniel 11:44

KJV: But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.

EHCC: and ufterly to make away many.

Deuteronomy 13:15

KJV: Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.

EHCC: (16). destroying it utterly,

Jeremiah 50:26

KJV: Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.from…: Heb. from the endcast…: or, tread her

EHCC: and destroy her utterly:

Jeremiah 51:3

KJV: Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.

EHCC: destroy ye utterly all her host.

Leviticus 27:28

KJV: 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 be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord.

EHCC: that a man shall devote unto the Lord

Numbers 21:8

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

EHCC: and they utterly destroyed them

Deuteronomy 2:34

KJV: And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:the men…: Heb. every city of men, and women, and little ones

EHCC: and utterly destroyed the men,

Deuteronomy 8:6

KJV: Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

EHCC: And we ufterly destroyed them,

Deuteronomy 7:2

KJV: 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 mercy unto them:

EHCC: utterly destroy them ;

Deuteronomy 20:17

KJV: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:

EHCC: But thow shalt utterly destroy then;

Judges 1:17

KJV: And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

EHCC: and aiterly destroyed it.

Judges 21:11

KJV: And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.hath lain…: Heb. knoweth the lying with man

EHCC: - Pe shall ufterly destroy every male.

Exodus 22:909

EHCC: (19). he shall be utterly destroyed.

Leviticus 27:2

KJV: Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation.

EHCC: y. which shall be devoted of men,

Strong's Lexicon

H2763 — חָרַם