חָרַם

Strong’s Definition

to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly (slay, make away).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to ban, devote, destroy utterly, completely destroy, dedicate for destruction, exterminate
• 2.(hiphil)
• 3.(qal) to mutilate
• 4.(hiphil) to divide
• 5.(hophal)
• 6.to split, slit, mutilate (a part of the body)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: châram; Pronunciation: khaw-ram'