חֵרֶם
chêrem · khay'-rem
physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
Lexicon
Derivation: or (Zechariah 14:11) חֶרֶם; from H2763 (חָרַם);
physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination
- physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively)
- usually, a doomed object
- abstractly, extermination
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (ac-) curse(-d, -d thing), dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing), net.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To separate and protect of the head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֵרֶם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
38 occurrences · 38 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the accursed thing3 · 10%
- in the accursed thing2 · 7%
- nets2 · 7%
- devoted1 · 3%
- notwithstanding no devoted thing1 · 3%
- every devoted thing1 · 3%
- none devoted1 · 3%
- every thing devoted1 · 3%
- lest thou be a cursed thing1 · 3%
- it; for it is a cursed thing1 · 3%
- of the cursed thing1 · 3%
- shall be accursed1 · 3%
- yourselves from the accursed thing1 · 3%
- a curse1 · 3%
- because they were accursed1 · 3%
- the accursed1 · 3%
- there is an accursed thing1 · 3%
- the accursed thing1 · 3%
- with the accursed thing1 · 3%
- of the things which should have been utterly destroyed1 · 3%
- whom i appointed to utter destruction1 · 3%
- in the thing accursed1 · 3%
- and nets1 · 3%
- of my curse1 · 3%
- to the curse1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.