2763a – חָרַם (charam)

to devote/destroy

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	חָרַם (charam)
Pronunciation:	cha-ram    Listen
Gematria:	808(8 + 200 + 600)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	51 times in OT

Description

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

Synonyms

חָרַם	charam		H2763a	(51 ggr)	to devote/destroy
אָבַד	avad		H0006	(184 ggr)	to perish
אָלַח	alach		H0444	(3 ggr)	to corrupt
בָּלַק	balaq		H1110	(2 ggr)	to waste
כָּחַד	kachad		H3582	(32 ggr)	to hide
סָעַף	saaf		H5586	(1 ggr)	to lop
פּוּר	por		H6331	(3 ggr)	to break
שָׁדַד	shadad		H7703	(57 ggr)	to ruin
שָׁחַת	shachat		H7843	(146 ggr)	to ruin
שָׁמַד	shamad		H8045	(90 ggr)	to destroy
שָׁסָה	shasah		H8154	(11 ggr)	to plunder
שָׁסַס	shasas		H8155	(6 ggr)	to plunder

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the Old Testament.

Word root

Word with charam as root:

חֵ֫רֶם	cherem	H2764a	devoted thing
חֳרֵם	Chorem	H2765	Horem
חָרִם	Charim	H2766	Harim
חׇרְמָה	Chormah	H2767	Hormah
חֶרְמוֹן	Chermon	H2768	Hermon
חֶרְמֵשׁ	chermesh	H2770	sickle

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word charam was translated to the following:

ἀναθεματίζω	anathematizo	G0332	curse
ἀναιρέω	anaireo	G0337	kill
ἀνατίθεμαι	anatithemi	G0394	declare
ἀποκτείνω	apokteino	G0615	kill
ἀπόλλυμι	apollumi	G0622	perish
ἀφανίζω	aphanizo	G0853	corrupt
ἀφανισμός	aphanismos	G0854	vanish away
ἐνθυμέομαι	enthumeomai	G1760	think
ἐξολοθρεύω	exolothreuo	G1842	destroy
ἐρημόω	eremoo	G2049	bring to desolation
ὀλοθρεύω	olothreuo	G3645	destroy
φονεύω	phoneuo	G5407	kill

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