To devote/destroy
חָרַםStrong’s H2763charam (cha-ram)
Appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Charam is the Hebrew word usually translated “totally destroyed”, “totally destroy them” and “dedicated to destruction”. It appears in 48 verses of the Old Testament.
“But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.”
Meaning
- To ban, devote, destroy utterly, completely destroy, dedicate for destruction, exterminate(Hiphil) · (Hophal)
- To split, slit, mutilate (a part of the body)(Qal) to mutilate · (Hiphil) to divide
How it's translated
- he totally destroyed 5
- and they totally destroyed 3
- they totally destroyed 3
- to totally destroy them 3
- he will be dedicated to destruction 2
- and we totally destroyed 2
- we totally destroyed 2
- certainly 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 14
- 1 Samuel 6
- Deuteronomy 5
- Jeremiah 4
- Leviticus 3
- Isaiah 3
16 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 22:20He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
- Leviticus 21:18For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous,
- Leviticus 27:28Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
- Leviticus 27:29None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
- Numbers 21:2And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.
- Numbers 21:3And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
All 48 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חָרַם charam · 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
חָרַם charam · to slash
1) to split, slit, mutilate (a part of the body) 1a) (Qal) to mutilate 1b) (Hiphil) to divide
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “certainly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CERTAINLY, adverb
- Without doubt or question; in truth and fact.“CERTAINLY this was a righteous man” Luke 23:47
- Without failure.“He said, I will certainly return to thee” Genesis 18:10
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.