Strong H27642 sensesחֵ֫רֶם

devoted thing · net

Transliteration
chêrem cherem
Pronunciation
{khay'-rem} kheh'-rem

The 2 senses of Strong H2764

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2764 appears in 31 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. devoted thingH2764Aa thing devoted, thing dedicated, ban, devotion22 verses · 11 books
  2. netH2764Ba net, thing perforated9 verses · 4 books

General definition

From H2763; physically (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination: - (ac-)curse ({-d} -d {thing}) dedicated {thing} things which should have been utterly {destroyed} (appointed to) utter {destruction} devoted ({thing}) net.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • thing10
  • net8
  • curse4
  • accurse3
  • devote2
  • accursed1
  • destroyed1
  • destruction1
  • devoted1
  • unto1
  • utter1

First verses

  1. Leviticus 27:21
    But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
  2. Leviticus 27:28
    Notwithstanding 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.
  3. Leviticus 27:29
    None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
  4. Numbers 18:14
    Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
  5. Deuteronomy 7:26
    Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
  6. Deuteronomy 13:17
    And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
  7. Joshua 6:17
    And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
  8. Joshua 6:18
    And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
  9. Joshua 7:1
    But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.
  10. Joshua 7:11
    Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
  11. Joshua 7:12
    Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
  12. Joshua 7:13
    Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
  13. Joshua 7:15
    And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
  14. Joshua 22:20
    Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.
  15. 1 Samuel 15:21
    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
  16. 1 Kings 20:42
    And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
  17. 1 Chronicles 2:7
    And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
  18. Ecclesiastes 7:26
    And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her.
  19. Isaiah 34:5
    For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
  20. Isaiah 43:28
    Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.