Definition

physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstractly extermination

Etymology

or (Zechariah 14:11) חֶרֶם; from H2763 (חָרַם);

Where the KJV renders it

• (ac-) curse(-d
• -d thing)
• dedicated thing
• things which should have been utterly destroyed
• (appointed to) utter destruction
• devoted (thing)
• net

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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