{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2763",
  "lemma": "חָרַם",
  "transliteration": "châram",
  "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": "make accursed, consecrate, (utterly) destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose…",
  "occurrences": 52,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[חָרַם] vb. Hiph. ban, devote, exterminate",
    "Hiph. ban, devote",
    "Hoph.",
    "1. be put under the ban, devoted (to death)",
    "2. devoted, i.e. forfeited, to the temple treasures",
    "חָרַם vb",
    "[חָרַם] vb. slit (nose, lip, ear, etc.), mutilate esp. face—Qal Lv 21:18 (H)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 22:19",
      "text": "“He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/22?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 21:18",
      "text": "For whatever man he is that has a defect, he shall not draw near: a blind man, or a lame, or he who has a flat nose, or…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/21?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 27:28",
      "text": "“‘Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man devotes to the LORD of all that he has, whether of man or animal, or of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/27?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 27:29",
      "text": "“‘No one devoted to destruction, who shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed. He shall surely be put to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/27?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 21:2",
      "text": "Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/21?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 21:3",
      "text": "The LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/21?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 2:34",
      "text": "We took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones. We…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/2?v=34"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 3:6",
      "text": "We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every inhabited city, with the women…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/3?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 7:2",
      "text": "and when the LORD your God delivers them up before you, and you strike them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/7?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 13:16",
      "text": "you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, with all that…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/13?v=16"
    }
  ],
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