Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2764: חֵרֶם

chêrem · pronounced khay'-rem · “devoted thing”

Definition

physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination

KJV translates it as: (ac-) curse(-d, -d thing), dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing), net.

Word origin: or (Zechariah 14:11) חֶרֶם; from H2763 (חָרַם);

Extended definition

1) a thing devoted, thing dedicated, ban, devotion
2) have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2764 is translated

  • devoted things ×11
  • total destruction ×4
  • devoted thing ×4
  • a devoted thing ×3
  • my ×3
  • nets ×3
  • his ×3
  • objects for destruction ×2
  • dedicated person ×1
  • an object for destruction ×1
  • is an object for destruction ×1
  • is nets ×1

Bible verses with H2764 (chêrem)

Chêrem appears in 31 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Leviticus 27:21

    But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.

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

  • Leviticus 27:29

    None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

  • Numbers 18:14

    Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.

  • Deuteronomy 7:26

    Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.

  • 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 compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;

  • 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, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

  • 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 a curse, and trouble it.

  • 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, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.

  • 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, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.

  • 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 be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

  • Joshua 7:13

    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

  • Joshua 7:15

    And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.

  • Joshua 22:20

    Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

  • 1 Samuel 15:21

    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.

  • 1 Kings 20:42

    And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:7

    And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

  • 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 shall be taken by her.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 26:5

    It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

  • Ezekiel 26:14

    And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the Lord have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

  • Ezekiel 32:3

    Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

  • Ezekiel 44:29

    They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

  • Ezekiel 47:10

    And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from En–gedi even unto En–eglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

All 31 references