חֵרֶם (ḥērem) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning devoted thing. It appears
38 times
in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2764).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 744a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 744a)devoted thing; devotion, ban; net, doomed object, extermination; curse, cursed, dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed, utter destruction, devoted
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חֵ֫רֶםnoun, masculine
1.devoted thing.
2.devotion, ban
Strong's H2764חֵרֶם: physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination KJV:(ac-) curse(-d, -d thing), dedicated thing, things which should have been utterly destroyed, (appointed to) utter destruction, devoted (thing), net.
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.
Root family 744: חָרַםḥāram — ban, devote, exterminate; be put under the ban, devoted, forfeited; seclude, devote to religious uses, be blunt as to the nose; make accursed, consecrate, destroy, have a flat nose, utterly