Strong's H2763 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חָרַם (châram)

Pronunciation: khaw-ram'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root

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

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

Senses

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

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