חָרַם (cha.ram) means “to devote/destroy” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: khaw-ram' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
חָרַם · cha.ram · to devote/destroy
1) to ban, devote, destroy utterly, completely destroy, dedicate for destruction, exterminate 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to prohibit (for common use), ban 1a2) to consecrate, devote, dedicate for destruction 1a3) to exterminate, completely destroy 1b) (Hophal) 1b1) to be put under the ban, be devoted to destruction 1b2) to be devoted, be forfeited 1b3) to be completely destroyed
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חָרַם · cha.ram · to slash
1) to split, slit, mutilate (a part of the body) 1a) (Qal) to mutilate 1b) (Hiphil) to divide
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a primitive root; to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose
KJV glosses: make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| devoting them to destruction | 4 |
| he devoted to destruction | 3 |
| and devote them to destruction | 2 |
| and devote to destruction | 2 |
| and devoted to destruction | 2 |
| devote to destruction | 2 |
| and devoted | 1 |
| and devoted it to destruction | 1 |
| and devoted the city to destruction | 1 |
| but devoted | 1 |
| but they devoted to destruction | 1 |
| devote | 1 |
| devote her to destruction | 1 |
| devoted them to destruction | 1 |
| devoted to destruction | 1 |
| devoting them | 1 |
| disfigured | 1 |
| he devoted them to destruction | 1 |
| he had devoted to destruction | 1 |
| he must be set apart for destruction | 1 |
| he will devote them to destruction | 1 |
| israel devoted | 1 |
| joshua devoted to destruction | 1 |
| set apart for destruction | 1 |
| so i will devote them to destruction | 1 |
| so that they would be set apart for destruction | 1 |
| then you must devote them to complete destruction | 1 |
| then you will devote | 1 |
| they devoted to destruction | 1 |
| to devote them to destruction | 1 |
| to devote to destruction | 1 |
| utterly destroying | 1 |
| we devoted them to destruction | 1 |
| we devoted to destruction | 1 |
| we will devote | 1 |
| will devote to destruction | 1 |
| would forfeit | 1 |
| you devoted to destruction | 1 |
| you must devote them to complete destruction | 1 |
| you yourself be set apart for destruction | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and utterly destroyed | 4 |
| and utterly destroy | 3 |
| and they utterly destroyed | 2 |
| by destroying them utterly | 2 |
| destroy | 2 |
| utterly destroying | 2 |
| accursed | 1 |
| and destroy her utterly | 1 |
| and had utterly destroyed | 1 |
| and have utterly destroyed | 1 |
| and i will consecrate | 1 |
| and utterly to make away | 1 |
| and we utterly destroyed | 1 |
| and will utterly destroy | 1 |
| but destroyed | 1 |
| but thou shalt utterly | 1 |
| but utterly destroyed | 1 |
| destroy ye utterly | 1 |
| destroyed them utterly | 1 |
| destroying it utterly | 1 |
| devoted | 1 |
| he hath utterly destroyed | 1 |
| he utterly destroyed | 1 |
| not utterly destroy | 1 |
| only he shall be utterly destroyed | 1 |
| or he that hath a flat nose | 1 |
| shall devote | 1 |
| shall utterly destroy | 1 |
| should be forfeited | 1 |
| that he might destroy them utterly | 1 |
| that they destroyed utterly | 1 |
| then i will utterly destroy | 1 |
| there and destroyed | 1 |
| therein he utterly destroyed | 1 |
| thereof he utterly destroyed | 1 |
| until he had utterly destroyed | 1 |
| utterly | 1 |
| utterly destroyed | 1 |
| utterly to destroy | 1 |
| utterly to slay | 1 |
| we have utterly destroyed | 1 |
| whom ye utterly destroyed | 1 |
| ye shall utterly destroy | 1 |
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If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.19
No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
Read word by wordNothing 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.
Read word by wordNo person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.
Read word by wordSo Israel made a vow to the LORD: “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will devote their cities to destruction.”
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordAt that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.
Read word by wordWe devoted them to destruction, as we had done to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children of every city.
Read word by wordand 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.
Read word by wordyou must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 13.16
For you must devote them to complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you,
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordWith the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
Read word by wordJoshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
Read word by wordNow 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.
Read word by wordOn 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.
Read word by wordThat 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.
Read word by wordThey 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordThe Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.
Read word by wordJoshua 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.
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordAt 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.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordThis is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
Read word by wordNow 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.’”
Read word by wordHe captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
Read word by wordSaul 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 devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.
Read word by wordSaul 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.”
Read word by wordand sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordtheir descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
Read word by wordSurely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
Read word by wordThese who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
Read word by wordThe Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.
Read word by wordWho 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?
Read word by wordWhoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordSurely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
Read word by wordbehold, 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.
Read word by wordGo 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.
Read word by wordCome 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.
Read word by wordDo not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!
Read word by wordBut news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction.
Read word by wordRise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.
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