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חֵרֶם H2764

H2764 is the Hebrew word חֵרֶם, transliterated chêrem and said khay'-rem. The King James Version most often renders it accursed thing.

Word: חֵרֶםTransliteration: chêremSaid: khay'-remLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 28 verses

What it means

physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination.

Where it comes from

or (Zechariah 14:11) חֶרֶם; from H2763 (חָרַם).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 28 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

accursed thing 8×nets 4×curse 3×net 3×cursed thing 2×accursed 2×devoted 1×notwithstanding no devoted thing 1×every devoted thing 1×none devoted 1×every thing devoted 1×yourselves from the accursed thing 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: (ac-) curse(-d, -d thing), dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing), net.

Verses using חֵרֶם

All 28 verses, quoted in full.

Leviticus 27:21 · KJV

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.

Leviticus 27:28 · KJV

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.

Leviticus 27:29 · KJV

None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 18:14 · KJV

Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.

Deuteronomy 7:26 · KJV

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.

Deuteronomy 13:17 · KJV

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;

Joshua 6:17 · KJV

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.

Joshua 6:18 · KJV

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.

Joshua 7:1 · KJV

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.

Joshua 7:11 · KJV

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.

Joshua 7:12 · KJV

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.

Joshua 7:13 · KJV

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.

Joshua 7:15 · KJV

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.

Joshua 22:20 · KJV

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.

1 Samuel 15:21 · KJV

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.

1 Kings 20:42 · KJV

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.

1 Chronicles 2:7 · KJV

And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

Ecclesiastes 7:26 · KJV

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.

Isaiah 34:5 · KJV

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

Isaiah 43:28 · KJV

Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches.

Ezekiel 26:5 · KJV

It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations.

Ezekiel 26:14 · KJV

And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 44:29 · KJV

They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs.

Ezekiel 47:10 · KJV

And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many.

Habakkuk 1:15 · KJV

They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.

Habakkuk 1:16 · KJV

Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

Habakkuk 1:17 · KJV

Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations?

Zechariah 14:11 · KJV

And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited.

Common questions

What does Strong's H2764 mean?

H2764 is the Hebrew word חֵרֶם (chêrem), meaning physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination.

How is H2764 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it accursed thing (8 times), nets (4 times), curse (3 times), net (3 times), cursed thing (2 times), among others.

How many times does H2764 appear in the Bible?

חֵרֶם (chêrem) is tagged in 28 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2764 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or (Zechariah 14:11) חֶרֶם; from H2763 (חָרַם).

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