Original: חָרַם

Transliteration: châram

Phonetic: khaw-ram'

Short Definition: Make accursed

Original: חרם

Transliteration: châram

Phonetic: khaw-ram'

BDB Definition:

1. to ban, devote, destroy utterly, completely destroy, dedicate for destruction, exterminate
   1. (Hiphil)
      1. to prohibit (for common use), ban
      2. to consecrate, devote, dedicate for destruction
      3. to exterminate, completely destroy
   2. (Hophal)
      1. to be put under the ban, be devoted to destruction
      2. to be devoted, be forfeited
      3. to be completely destroyed
2. to split, slit, mutilate (a part of the body)
   1. (Qal) to mutilate
   2. (Hiphil) to divide

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 744,745

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Cognate: H2764, H2770, H2771, H2773, H2774