Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2764
חֵרֶם
cheremkhay'-rem
devoted thing; net
38 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chêrem
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2764is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 14 of 39Old Testament books
- 27spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2764
physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
The King James renders it: (ac-) curse(-d, -d thing), dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing), net.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
cherem is rendered "devoted thing; net". It stands 38 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "devoted thing".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 27:21When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-seven different ways.
The first use
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
Leviticus 27:21הַחֵ֑רֶם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Thirteen of the word's thirty-eight uses are in Joshua.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: devoted thing, and net.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| devoted thingStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLeviticus 27:21When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy… |
| netStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the devoted thing6
- devoted thing5
- in the devoted thing3
- an object for destruction2
- into a devoted thing2
- nets2
- the object for destruction2
- total destruction my2
- a devoted thing1
- a net1
- and nets1
- and total destruction1
and 10 more, 38 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 38, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
27 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַחֵ֑רֶם4
- הַחֵ֔רֶם3
- חֵ֥רֶם3
- בַּחֵ֔רֶם2
- הַחֵ֖רֶם2
- חֵֽרֶם׃2
- חֶרְמִ֖י2
- בַּחֵ֑רֶם1
- בַּחֵֽרֶם׃ ס1
- בְחֶרְמ֔וֹ1
- בְּחֶרְמִֽי׃1
- וְחֵ֖רֶם1
and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular11HNcmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular9HTd/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular5HRd/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine plural2HNcmpa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcmsc/Sp1bs
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine plural1HR/Ncmpa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp1bs
Leviticus
four uses
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
- הַחֵ֑רֶםhacheremthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the total destruction
Nothing 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.
- חֵ֡רֶםcheremnoun · masculine singulartagged: devoted thing
- חֵ֕רֶםcheremnoun · masculine singulartagged: devoted thing
No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.
- חֵ֗רֶםcheremnoun · masculine singulartagged: dedicated person
Numbers
one use
Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
- חֵ֥רֶםcheremnoun · masculine singulartagged: devoted thing
Deuteronomy
three uses
And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
- חֵ֖רֶםcheremnoun · masculine singulartagged: an object for destruction
- חֵ֥רֶםcheremnoun · masculine singulartagged: an object for destruction
Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
- הַחֵ֑רֶםhacheremthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the object for destruction
Joshua
thirteen uses
Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.
- חֵ֛רֶםcheremnoun · masculine singulartagged: a devoted thing
But 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.
- הַחֵ֔רֶםhacheremthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the devoted thing
- הַחֵ֑רֶםhacheremthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the devoted thing
- לְחֵ֔רֶםlecherempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a devoted thing
The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.
- בַּחֵ֑רֶםbacherempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the devoted thing
- הַחֵ֔רֶםhacheremthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the devoted thing
Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
- הַחֵ֔רֶםhacheremthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the devoted thing
This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.
- לְחֵ֑רֶםlecherempreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: into a devoted thing
- הַחֵ֖רֶםhacheremthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the devoted thing
Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.
- חֵ֤רֶםcheremnoun · masculine singulartagged: devoted thing
- הַחֵ֖רֶםhacheremthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the devoted thing
The one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage in Israel.’”
- בַּחֵ֔רֶםbacherempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: with the devoted thing
Was not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
- בַּחֵ֔רֶםbacherempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the devoted thing
1 Samuel
one use
The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
- הַחֵ֑רֶםhacheremthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the object for destruction
1 Kings
one use
And the prophet said to the king, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have let slip from your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, your life will be exchanged for his life, and your people for his people.’”
- חֶרְמִ֖יcherminoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: total destruction my
1 Chronicles
one use
The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.
- בַּחֵֽרֶם׃ סbacherempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: in the devoted thing
Ecclesiastes
one use
And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
- וַחֲרָמִ֛יםvacharamimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and nets
Isaiah
two uses
When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
- חֶרְמִ֖יcherminoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: total destruction my
So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.”
- לַחֵ֙רֶם֙lacherempreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the total destruction
Ezekiel
five uses
She will become a place to spread nets in the sea, for I have spoken, declares the Lord GOD. She will become plunder for the nations,
- חֲרָמִ֤יםcharamimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: nets
I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’
- חֲרָמִים֙charamimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: nets
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
- בְּחֶרְמִֽי׃bechermipreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in net my
They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.
- חֵ֥רֶםcheremnoun · masculine singulartagged: devoted thing
Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
- לַֽחֲרָמִ֖יםlacharamimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for nets
Micah
one use
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
- חֵֽרֶם׃cheremnoun · masculine singulartagged: a net
Habakkuk
three uses
The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
- בְחֶרְמ֔וֹvechermopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in net his
Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.
- לְחֶרְמ֔וֹlechermopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to net his
Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?
- חֶרְמ֑וֹchermonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: net his
Zechariah
one use
People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.
- וְחֵ֖רֶםvecheremconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and total destruction
Malachi
one use
And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
- חֵֽרֶם׃cheremnoun · masculine singulartagged: total destruction
The letters
Gematria 248· 808 mispar gadol
Where it leads
Studies that open this word2
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.