Chêrem — H2764

Definition

masculine noun

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

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

Usually translated as

cursed thing, dedicated thing, net, curse, devoted, utter destruction, things which should have been utterly destroyed, accurse, cursed

Origin

or (Zechariah 14:11) cherem; from H2763

• Derived from Châram (H2763)

Greek equivalents

• ánkistron (G44)
• amphíblēstron (G293)
• anáthema (G331)
• apṓleia (G684)
• aphorízō (G873)
• ólethros (G3639)
• sagḗnē (G4522)

Occurrences

Chêrem occurs 38 times in 31 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (3), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (8), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (2), Ezekiel (5), Micah (1), Habakkuk (3), Zechariah (1), Malachi (1)

• Leviticus 27:21 — But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted (הַחֵ֑רֶם); the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
• Leviticus 27:28 — Notwithstanding no devoted thing (חֵ֡רֶם), 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 27:28 — 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 (חֵ֕רֶם) is most holy unto the LORD.
• Leviticus 27:29 — None devoted (חֵ֗רֶם), which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
• Numbers 18:14 — Every thing devoted (חֵ֥רֶם) in Israel shall be thine.
• Deuteronomy 7:26 — Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing (חֵ֖רֶם) like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
• 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 (חֵ֥רֶם).
• Deuteronomy 13:17 — And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing (הַחֵ֑רֶם) 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 (חֵ֛רֶם), 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 (הַחֵ֔רֶם), lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
• 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 (הַחֵ֑רֶם), and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
• 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 (לְחֵ֔רֶם), and trouble it.
• Joshua 7:1 — But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing (בַּחֵ֑רֶם): 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 7:1 — 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 (הַחֵ֔רֶם): 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 (הַחֵ֔רֶם), 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 (לְחֵ֑רֶם): neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
• 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 (הַחֵ֖רֶם) 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 (חֵ֤רֶם) 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 7:13 — 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 (הַחֵ֖רֶם) from among you.
• Joshua 7:15 — And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing (בַּחֵ֔רֶם) 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 (בַּחֵ֔רֶם), 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 (הַחֵ֑רֶם), 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 (חֶרְמִ֖י), 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 (בַּחֵֽרֶם).
• Ecclesiastes 7:26 — And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets (וַחֲרָמִ֛ים), 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 (חֶרְמִ֖י), to judgment.
• Isaiah 43:28 — Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse (לַחֵ֙רֶם֙), and Israel to reproaches.
• Ezekiel 26:5 — It shall be a place for the spreading of nets (חֲרָמִ֤ים) 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 (חֲרָמִים֙); 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 (בְּחֶרְמִֽי).
• Ezekiel 44:29 — They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; and every dedicated thing (חֵ֥רֶם) 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 (לַֽחֲרָמִ֖ים); their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.
• 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 (חֵֽרֶם).
• Habakkuk 1:15 — They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net (בְחֶרְמ֔וֹ), and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
• Habakkuk 1:16 — Therefore they sacrifice unto their net (לְחֶרְמ֔וֹ), and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.
• Habakkuk 1:17 — Shall they therefore empty their net (חֶרְמ֑וֹ), and not spare continually to slay the nations?
• Zechariah 14:11 — And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction (וְחֵ֖רֶם); but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.
• 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 (חֵֽרֶם).