חֵרֶםchêrem

חֵ֫רֶם: thing devoted

Pronunciation: khay'-rem · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2764

Meanings

1. devoted thing

2. devotion, ban

1. thing hostile to theocracy, and therefore (in the strictest application) to be either destroyed, or, in the case of certain objects (e.g. silver and gold, vessels of brass and iron Josh 6:19; Josh 6:24), set apart to sacred uses (Joshua 6:19; Joshua 6:24)

a. committed unfaithfulness in the, devoted thing (Joshua 6:17; Joshua 6:18; Joshua 7:1)

2. apparently, anything devoted to sanctuary under specially stringent conditions (Leviticus 27:28; Ezra 10:8; Leviticus 27:21)

3. devotion, ban, involving destruction (1 Kings 20:42; Isaiah 34:5; Isaiah 43:28)

חֵ֫רֶם: net, as something perforated (Micah 7:2; Ezekiel 32:3; Habakkuk 1:15; Habakkuk 1:16; Habakkuk 1:17)

Same root

חָרַםchâram · H2763to seclude; specifically (by a ban) to devote to religious uses (especially destruction); physical and reflexive, to be blunt as to the nose

Where it appears

Appears 38 times in the Bible.

Leviticus 27:21 When the field is released in the Year of Jubilee, it will be holy, a field specially set apart for the Lord. It will become the property of the priests.
Leviticus 27:28 “However, anything specially set apart for the Lord—whether a person, an animal, or family property—must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the Lord.
Leviticus 27:29 No person specially set apart for destruction may be bought back. Such a person must be put to death.
Numbers 18:14 “Everything in Israel that is specially set apart for the Lord also belongs to you.
Deuteronomy 7:26 Do not bring any detestable objects into your home, for then you will be destroyed, just like them. You must utterly detest such things, for they are set apart for destruction.
Deuteronomy 13:17 Keep none of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction. Then the Lord will turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you. He will have compassion on you and make you a large nation, just as he swore to your ancestors.

See every passage

Leviticus 27:21, 27:28, 27:29
Numbers 18:14
Deuteronomy 7:26, 13:17
Joshua 6:17, 6:18, 7:1, 7:11, 7:12, 7:13, 7:15, 22:20
1 Samuel 15:21
1 Kings 20:42
1 Chronicles 2:7
Ecclesiastes 7:26
Isaiah 34:5, 43:28
Ezekiel 26:5, 26:14, 32:3, 44:29, 47:10
Micah 7:2
Habakkuk 1:15, 1:16, 1:17
Zechariah 14:11
Malachi 4:6

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).