Word Study · Strong's H2763 · Hebrew
חָרַם
charam
khaw-ram'
Strong's 1890 spelling: châram
“to seclude”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
Rendered in the KJV as
make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
- 52occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 16 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 50inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 52 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 50
- הֶחֱרִ֔ים2
- וַֽיַּחֲרִ֙ימוּ֙2
- הֶחֱרִ֑ים1
- הֶחֱרִ֣ים1
- הֶחֱרִ֥ים1
- הֶחֱרִ֣ימוּ1
- הַחֲרִ֖ימוּ1
- הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃ פ1
- הֶחֱרִימָ֥ם1
- הֶחֱרִימָ֖ם1
- הַֽחֲרִימָ֔ם1
- הַחֲרִימָ֑ם1
and 38 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 35
- he totally destroyed5
- and they totally destroyed3
- to totally destroy them3
- and we totally destroyed2
- and you will totally destroy2
- by totally destroying them2
- certainly to totally destroy2
- he will be dedicated to destruction2
- they totally destroyed2
- totally destroy2
- we totally destroyed2
- you will totally destroy2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 30
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular6
- verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolute5
- Hc/Vhw3mp3
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural3
- verb · causative passive (hophal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular3
- Hc/Vhq1cs2
- Hc/Vhw1cp2
- Hc/Vhw3ms2
- verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural2
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common plural2
- verb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVhp3ms · 6
- HVhaa · 5
- Hc/Vhw3mp · 3
- HR/Vhcc/Sp3mp · 3
- HVHi3ms · 3
- Hc/Vhq1cs · 2
- Hc/Vhw1cp · 2
- Hc/Vhw3ms · 2
- HVhcc/Sp3mp · 2
- HVhi2mp · 2
- HVhp3cp · 2
- HVhp3ms/Sp3mp · 2
All 52, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Joshua14 of 52 · 27%
- Deuteronomy8 of 52 · 15%
- 1 Samuel7 of 52 · 13%
- Jeremiah4 of 52 · 8%
- Leviticus3 of 52 · 6%
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Leviticus3 occurrences
- Leviticus 21:18חָרֻ֖םcharumverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singularNo man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;here: [having] a slit nose
- Leviticus 27:28יַחֲרִם֩yacharimverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularNothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.here: he will dedicate to destruction
- Leviticus 27:29יָחֳרַ֛םyochoramverb · causative passive (hophal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularNo person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.here: he will be dedicated to destruction
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 21:2וְהַֽחֲרַמְתִּ֖יvehacharamtiHc/Vhq1csSo Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”here: and I will totally destroy
- Numbers 21:3וַיַּחֲרֵ֥םvaiyacharemHc/Vhw3msAnd the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.here: and it totally destroyed
Deuteronomy8 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 2:34וַֽנַּחֲרֵם֙vanacharemHc/Vhw1cpAt that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.here: and we totally destroyed
- Deuteronomy 3:6וַנַּחֲרֵ֣םvanacharemHc/Vhw1cpWe devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.here: and we totally destroyed
- Deuteronomy 3:6הַחֲרֵם֙hacharemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteWe devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.here: we totally destroyed
- Deuteronomy 7:2הַחֲרֵ֤םhacharemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteand when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.here: certainly to totally destroy
- Deuteronomy 7:2תַּחֲרִים֙tacharimverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularand when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.here: you will totally destroy
- Deuteronomy 13:15הַחֲרֵ֨םhacharemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteyou must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.here: totally destroy
- Deuteronomy 20:17הַחֲרֵ֣םhacharemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteFor you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,here: certainly to totally destroy
- Deuteronomy 20:17תַּחֲרִימֵ֗םtacharimemverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralFor you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,here: you will totally destroy them
Joshua14 occurrences
- Joshua 2:10הֶחֱרַמְתֶּ֖םhecheramtemverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine pluralFor we have heard how the LORD dried up the waters of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites across the Jordan, whom you devoted to destruction.here: you totally destroyed
- Joshua 6:18תַּחֲרִ֖ימוּtacharimuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralBut keep away from the things devoted to destruction, lest you yourself be set apart for destruction. If you take any of these, you will set apart the camp of Israel for destruction and bring disaster upon it.here: you should totally destroy
- Joshua 6:21וַֽיַּחֲרִ֙ימוּ֙vaiyacharimuHc/Vhw3mpAt the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.here: and they totally destroyed
- Joshua 8:26הֶחֱרִ֔יםhecherimverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularJoshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.here: he had totally destroyed
- Joshua 10:1וַיַּחֲרִימָהּ֒vaiyacharimahHc/Vhw3ms/Sp3fsNow Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.here: and he had totally destroyed it
- Joshua 10:28הֶחֱרִ֣םhecherimverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularOn that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.here: he totally destroyed
- Joshua 10:35הֶחֱרִ֑יםhecherimverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThat day they captured Eglon and put it to the sword, and Joshua devoted to destruction everyone in the city, just as he had done to Lachish.here: he totally destroyed
- Joshua 10:37וַיַּחֲרֵ֣םvaiyacharemHc/Vhw3msThey captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.here: and he totally destroyed
- Joshua 10:39וַֽיַּחֲרִ֙ימוּ֙vaiyacharimuHc/Vhw3mpAnd they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.here: and they totally destroyed
- Joshua 10:40הֶחֱרִ֔יםhecherimverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularSo Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.here: he totally destroyed
- Joshua 11:11הַֽחֲרֵ֔םhacharemverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteThe Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.here: they totally destroyed [them]
- Joshua 11:12הֶחֱרִ֣יםhecherimverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularJoshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.here: he totally destroyed
- Joshua 11:20הַֽחֲרִימָ֔םhacharimamverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralFor it was of the LORD to harden their hearts to engage Israel in battle, so that they would be set apart for destruction and would receive no mercy, being annihilated as the LORD had commanded Moses.here: to totally destroy them
- Joshua 11:21הֶחֱרִימָ֥םhecherimamverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAt that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.here: he totally destroyed them
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 1:17וַיַּחֲרִ֣ימוּvaiyacharimuHc/Vhw3mpThen the men of Judah went with their brothers the Simeonites, attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and devoted the city to destruction. So it was called Hormah.here: and they totally destroyed
- Judges 21:11תַּחֲרִֽימוּ׃tacharimuverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralThis is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”here: you will totally destroy
1 Samuel7 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 15:3וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙vehacharamtemHc/Vhq2mpNow go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”here: and you will totally destroy
- 1 Samuel 15:8הֶחֱרִ֥יםhecherimverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.here: he totally destroyed
- 1 Samuel 15:9הַחֲרִימָ֑םhacharimamverb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralSaul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.here: to totally destroy them
- 1 Samuel 15:9הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃ פhecherimuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralSaul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.here: they totally destroyed
- 1 Samuel 15:15הֶחֱרַֽמְנוּ׃ סhecheramnuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common pluralSaul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”here: we totally destroyed
- 1 Samuel 15:18וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞הvehacharamtahHc/Vhq2msand sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’here: and you will totally destroy
- 1 Samuel 15:20הֶחֱרַֽמְתִּי׃hecheramtiverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singular“But I did obey the LORD,” Saul replied. “I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.here: I totally destroyed
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 20:23לְהַחֲרִ֣יםlehacharimpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.here: to totally destroy [them]
- 2 Chronicles 32:14הֶחֱרִ֣ימוּhecherimuverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person common pluralWho among all the gods of these nations that my fathers devoted to destruction has been able to deliver his people from my hand? How then can your God deliver you from my hand?here: they totally destroyed
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 11:15וְהֶחֱרִ֣יםvehecherimHc/Vhq3msThe LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.here: and he will divide
- Isaiah 34:2הֶחֱרִימָ֖םhecherimamverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.here: he will totally destroy them
- Isaiah 37:11לְהַחֲרִימָ֑םlehacharimampreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralSurely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?here: by totally destroying them
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 25:9וְהַ֣חֲרַמְתִּ֔יםvehacharamtimHc/Vhq1cs/Sp3mpbehold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.here: and I will totally destroy them
- Jeremiah 50:21וְהַחֲרֵ֤םvehacharemconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absoluteGo up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.here: and totally destroy
- Jeremiah 50:26וְהַחֲרִימ֑וּהָvehacharimuhaconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularCome against her from the farthest border. Break open her granaries; pile her up like mounds of grain. Devote her to destruction; leave her no survivors.here: and totally destroy it
- Jeremiah 51:3הַחֲרִ֖ימוּhacharimuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluralDo not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!here: totally destroy