חָרַם
cha.ramto devote/destroyHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb52 occurrences16 books48 verses
Definition
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
Traditional renderings: make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
Traditional renderings: make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָרַם:
- ἀναθεματίζωanathematizō“to take an oath”26%
- ἐξολοθρεύωexolothreuō“to root out”21%
- ἀνατίθημιanatithēmi“to set before”16%
- ἀφανίζωaphanizō“to destroy”11%
- ἀνάθεμαanathema“devoted”11%
- ἀφανισμόςaphanismos“disappearance”5%
- ἀποκτείνωapokteinō“to kill”5%
- ἀπολλύωapolluō“to destroy”5%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
52 total
- Daniel 11:44וּֽלְהַחֲרִ֖ים · and devote them to destructionBut 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.
- Micah 4:13וְהַחֲרַמְתִּ֤י · Then you will devoteRise 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.