חָרַם (ḥāram) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning ban. It appears
52 times
in 16 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2763).
Also rendered
slit
to devote/destroy
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 745)
Range of meaning (TWOT 745)slit, mutilate; seclude, devote to religious uses, be blunt as to the nose; make accursed, consecrate, destroy, devote, forfeit, have a flat nose, utterly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָרַםverb: slit, mutilate
slit, mutilate especially face—Qal (H)
Strong's H2763חָרַם: 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, utterly (slay, make away).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.