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H2764 חֵרֶם (chêrem) khay'-rem
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

or (Zecheriah 14:11) cherem {kheh'-rem}; from 2763; physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstr. extermination

KJV Usage: (ac-)curse(-d, -d thing), dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing), net

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חֵ֫רֶם (che.rem) — devoted thing. 1) a thing devoted, thing dedicated, ban, devotion 2) have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction

חֵ֫רֶם (che.rem) — net. a net, thing perforated destruction

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · חרם

Traps | ≈ חַכָּה · מִכְמֶרֶת · רֶשֶׁת

dragnet = long net hanging vertically in the water with floats at the upper edge and weights at the lower edge; ► drawn in by men working in boats or from shore; as the ends are drawn together to the boat or drawn ashore, fish are trapped in the area enclosed by the net; drawn in immediately after it has been spread out; ≈ associated with aggression and control

ECC 7:26 · EZK 26:5 · EZK 26:14 · EZK 32:3 · EZK 47:10 · MIC 7:2 · HAB 1:15 · HAB 1:16 · HAB 1:17

noun m · חרם

Dissociate

something devoted to God, something devoted for destruction = state of having been set irrevocably apart for God; ► as a result of which people and animals are to be put to death, cities are to be destroyed, and other objects are to be set apart for the service of God

LEV 27:21 · LEV 27:28 · LEV 27:28 · LEV 27:29 · NUM 18:14 · DEU 7:26 · DEU 7:26 · DEU 13:18 · JOS 6:17 · JOS 6:18 · JOS 6:18 · JOS 6:18 · JOS 7:1 · JOS 7:1 · JOS 7:11 · JOS 7:12 · JOS 7:12 · JOS 7:13 · JOS 7:13 · JOS 7:15 · JOS 22:20 · 1SA 15:21 · 1KI 20:42 · 1CH 2:7 · ISA 34:5 · ISA 43:28 · EZK 44:29

Non-Exist

destruction (as punishment from God) = event during which people are killed and their possessions destroyed

ZEC 14:11 · MAL 3:24

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֵ֫רֶם n.m. devoted thing.

devotion, ban

base

חֵ֫רֶם n.m. net (as something perforated) base

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