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חֵרֶם (herem)

חֵרֶם (herem) (Hebrew Lexicon • H2764 • devoted thing, ban, utter destruction): 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. It is closely linked with חָרַם (haram) (Hebrew Lexicon • H2763 • to devote to destruction, banish to God): 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 ).

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Laban (Generation 22 • Child of Bethuel ): Laban is a biblical figure in Generation 22, child of Bethuel , parent of Leah , Rachael . ( Genesis 24:29 ) (mentioned in Genesis 24 , Genesis 25 , Genesis 27 ) Leah (Generation 23 • Child of Laban): Leah is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Laban. ( Genesis 29:10 , Genesis 29:16 ) (mentioned in Genesis 29 , Genesis 30 , Genesis 31 ) Rachael (Generation 23 • Child of Laban): Rachael is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Laban. ( Genesis 29:10 , Genesis 29:16 ) (mentioned in Genesis 29 ) Bethuel (Generation 21 • Child of Nahor ): Bethuel is a biblical figure in Generation 21, child of Nahor , parent of Rebekah , Laban. ( Genesis 22:22 ) (mentioned in Genesis 22 , Genesis 24 , Genesis 25 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Lebanon (region. Referenced in Deut 1:7 , Deut 3:25 , Deut 11:24 , Josh 1:4 , Josh 9:1 .) Laban (Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 1:1 (identified with Ashnah ).) House of the Forest of Lebanon (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 7:2 , 1 Kgs 10:17 , 1 Kgs 10:21 , 2 Chr 9:16 , 2 Chr 9:20 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Valley of Lebanon (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:17 , Josh 12:7 (identified with Mount Hermon ).) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Royal Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal — 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 ). Ur III Sumerian Cuneiform Tablet — 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 ).

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Song of Solomon 2:4 : "He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love."; Acts 10:1 : "There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,"; 2 Kings 24:2 : "And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites , and bands of the children of Ammon , and sent them against Judah to destro...". Related canonical books and chapters: 1 Peter 3 ( 1 Peter • Chapter 3 (22 verses)), Acts 10 ( Acts • Chapter 10 (48 verses)), Acts 27 ( Acts • Chapter 27 (44 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

חֵרֶם
herem (ḥērem) [KHAY-rem]
H2764 Hebrew noun masculine 29x
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.
Lebanon
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Biblical Place • 33.752°N, 35.591°E

region. Referenced in Deut 1:7 , Deut 3:25 , Deut 11:24 , Josh 1:4 , Josh 9:1 .

Laban
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Biblical Place • Ashnah • 31.810°N, 34.937°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 1:1 (identified with Ashnah ).

Laban
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Generation 22 • Child of Bethuel

Laban is a biblical figure in Generation 22, child of Bethuel , parent of Leah , Rachael . ( Genesis 24:29 )

Library of Ashurbanipal Flood Tablet — Epic of Gilgamesh XI
IMAGE • archaeology

Cuneiform tablet discovered at Nineveh preserving the ancient Mesopotamian account of the catastrophic global deluge and ark.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 7:2 , 1 Kgs 10:17 , 1 Kgs 10:21 , 2 Chr 9:16 , 2 Chr 9:20 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Valley of Lebanon
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Biblical Place • Mount Hermon • 33.416°N, 35.857°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:17 , Josh 12:7 (identified with Mount Hermon ).

Abana
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Biblical Place • 33.545°N, 36.225°E

Now Barada River. Referenced in 2 Kgs 5:12 .

Mount Lebanon
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Biblical Place • Lebanon • 33.752°N, 35.591°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 3:3 (identified with Lebanon ).

Book of Kells — Chi-Rho Monogram Page (Matthew 1:18)
IMAGE • manuscripts

One of the most famous manuscript pages in human history, celebrating the Incarnation of Christ (Christi autem generatio).

Columban Monks of Iona / Kells (c. 800 CE) • Trinity College Library Dublin / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
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 ).

קָרְבָּן
qorban (qorbān) [kor-BAWN]
H7133 Hebrew noun masculine 82x
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.

Aphek 1
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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 3
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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 10
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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 .

Leah
99% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Laban

Leah is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Laban . ( Genesis 29:10 , Genesis 29:16 )

Rachael
99% Gen 23
Generation 23 • Child of Laban

Rachael is a biblical figure in Generation 23, child of Laban . ( Genesis 29:10 , Genesis 29:16 )

Bethuel
99% Gen 21
Generation 21 • Child of Nahor

Bethuel is a biblical figure in Generation 21, child of Nahor , parent of Rebekah , Laban . ( Genesis 22:22 )

Acts 27
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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 2
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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 .

Janim
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Biblical Place • 31.517°N, 35.167°E

now Bani Naim. Referenced in Josh 15:53 .

Genesis 30
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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 .

Lebonah
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Biblical Place • 32.071°N, 35.240°E

now al-Lubban. Referenced in Judg 21:19 .

Genesis 29
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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 22
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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 12
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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 .

2 Corinthians 11
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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 7
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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 33
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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 .

Scripture Passages (24)

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites , and bands of the children of Ammon , and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

Hodijah, Bani, Beninu.

Gomer , and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei ,

Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites , Jeshua , and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God.

The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two.

Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram , and Uel,

Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river.

Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah , Bani the Gadite,

The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahath–moab, Elam , Zattu, Bani,

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.

For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah , Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth .

Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants?

The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law.

Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus , and bound him,

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph , In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.

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