devoted thing, ban, utter destruction
That which is irrevocably dedicated to God, ban of utter destruction; in holy war, complete consecration of pagan enemy to divine judgment without private plunder.
Derivation: From חָרַם (H2763) to dedicate, ban.
to devote to destruction, banish to God
To dedicate completely to God through destruction, execute holy ban against idolatrous nations (Deuteronomy 7:2, Joshua 6:21).
Derivation: Primitive root.
Biblical Place • Ashnah • 31.810°N, 34.937°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 1:1 (identified with Ashnah ).
cursed, doomed, under divine ban
Passive participle of arar; under divine curse and judicial condemnation for breach of holy order.
Derivation: From אָרַר (H779).
Biblical Place • 33.545°N, 36.225°E
Now Barada River. Referenced in 2 Kgs 5:12 .
Biblical Place • Lebanon • 33.752°N, 35.591°E
Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 3:3 (identified with Lebanon ).
Interactive 3D Assyrian Palace Relief • Nahum 2:11–13 & Ezra 4:10
Masterpiece of Neo-Assyrian sculpted gypsum wall relief from the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal (biblical Asenappar, Ezra 4:10 ) at Nineveh , vividly illustrating the royal lion imagery invoked by the prophet Nahum against Nineveh ('Where is the dwelling of the lions?', Nahum 2:11–13 ).
to forsake, leave, abandon covenant
To depart from, abandon; used of human covenant unfaithfulness forsaking God and Torah, contrasted with God's promise never to forsake His people.
Derivation: Primitive root.
to leave, abandon, cast off
To leave behind, abandon; God temporarily abandoning His dwelling place at Shiloh or his inheritance due to persistent idolatry.
Derivation: Primitive root.
offering, oblation, sacrificial gift
Offering, sacrificial present brought near; generic term for all oblations presented at altar, reflecting worshiper drawing near to God.
Derivation: From קָרַב (H7126) to come near, present.
Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 11:28–31
Mesopotamian clay administrative tablet from the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2100–2000 BC) recording offerings of barley-fed sheep and goats, illustrating the scribal culture and urban economy of southern Mesopotamia around the patriarchal era of Ur of the Chaldeans ( Genesis 11:28–31 ).
Interactive 3D Cuneiform Tablet • Genesis 6–9
Cuneiform clay tablet excavated at Nineveh from the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal and deciphered by George Smith in 1872. Recording the Mesopotamian flood narrative (releasing a dove, swallow, and raven as the ark comes to rest on a mountain), it provides a remarkable ancient Near Eastern comparative witness alongside Genesis 6 –9.
Biblical Place • 34.066°N, 35.866°E
http://www.traveljournals.net/explore/lebanon/map/m1170262/hamul.html. Referenced in Josh 13:4 , Josh 19:30 .
1 Peter • Chapter 3 (22 verses)
Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of p... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Yeshua the Messiah , Noah .
Acts • Chapter 10 (48 verses)
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the d... Mentions: Simon , Jacob/Israel , Yeshua the Messiah , Caesarea , Joppa , Galilee , Nazareth , Jerusalem .
Acts • Chapter 27 (44 verses)
And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy , they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. And entering into a ship of Adramyttium , we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia ; one Aristarchus, a Macedon... Mentions: Italy , Adramyttium , Asia , Thessalonica , Sidon .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 2 (18 verses)
And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the Lord, and an house for his kingdom. And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. And Solomon se... Mentions: Solomon, David , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Dan , Tyre , Jerusalem , Lebanon , Joppa .
Biblical Place • 31.517°N, 35.167°E
now Bani Naim. Referenced in Josh 15:53 .
Genesis • Chapter 30 (43 verses)
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob , Give me children, or else I die. And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? And she said, Be... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Dan , Naphtali , Leah , Gad , Bilhah , Laban .
Biblical Place • 32.071°N, 35.240°E
now al-Lubban. Referenced in Judg 21:19 .
Genesis • Chapter 29 (35 verses)
Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. And t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Haran , Laban , Nahor , Rebekah , Bilhah .
2 Chronicles • Chapter 22 (12 verses)
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign,... Mentions: Ahaziah, Judah , Jacob/Israel , Joram , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Jerusalem , Syria , Ramoth 3 , Jezreel 2 , Ramah 1 .
Mark • Chapter 12 (44 verses)
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel .
to curse, bind with a curse
To bind with a curse, pronounce judicial ban; applied to serpent and ground in Genesis 3, and to covenant breakers under law.
Derivation: Primitive root.
2 Corinthians • Chapter 11 (33 verses)
Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ . But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Abram/Abraham , Macedonia , Achaia , Damascus .
Romans • Chapter 7 (25 verses)
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of h... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .
Isaiah • Chapter 33 (24 verses)
Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. O Lo... Mentions: Zion , Lebanon , Sharon 1 , Bashan , Carmel .