Topic
Accursed
30 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 6:17ISBE · Nave What so called
¶ And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
- Joshua 7:1ISBE · Nave What so called
But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 2:7ISBE · Nave What so called
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
- Exodus 22:20ISBE
¶ He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
- Leviticus 27:21ISBE
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
- Leviticus 27:28ISBE
Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
- Leviticus 27:29ISBE
None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
- Numbers 18:14ISBE
Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine.
- Deuteronomy 7:26ISBE
Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
- Deuteronomy 13:13–18ISBE
Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold,…
- Deuteronomy 13:17ISBE
And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
- Deuteronomy 20:16–18ISBE
But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the…
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- Deuteronomy 21:23 Nave What so called
- Joshua 6:18 ISBE
- Joshua 6:24 ISBE
- Joshua 7:11 ISBE
- Joshua 7:12 ISBE
- Joshua 7:13 ISBE
- Joshua 7:15 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 15:21 ISBE
- 1 Kings 20:42 ISBE
- Ezra 10:8 ISBE
- Isaiah 34:5 ISBE
- Isaiah 43:28 ISBE
- Isaiah 65:20 Nave What so called
- Ezekiel 44:29 ISBE
- Zechariah 14:11 ISBE
- Malachi 3:18 ISBE
- Malachi 4:6 ISBE
- Galatians 1:8 Nave What so called
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 31 references
a-kurs'-ed, a-kurst': In the Book of Jos (Jos 6:17,18; 7:1,11,12,13,15) and 1Ch 2:7 "accursed" (or "accursed thing" or "thing accursed") is the King James Version rendering of the Hebrew word, cherem. The the Revised Version (British and American) consistently uses "devoted" or "devoted thing," which the King James Version also adopts in Le 27:21,28,29 and in Nu 18:14. "Cursed thing" is the rendering in two passages (De 7:26; 13:17); and in one passage (Eze 44:29 the King James Version) "dedicated thing" is used. In four places the King James Version renders the word by "curse" (Jos 6:18, Isa 34:5, 43:28, Mal 3:18, 4:6) whilst in, another passage (Zec 14:11) "utter destruction" is adopted in translation. These various renderings are due to the fact that the word cherem sometimes means the act of devoting or banning or the condition or state resulting therefrom and sometimes the object devoted or banned. We occasionally find periphrastic renderings, e.g. 1Sa 15:21: "the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed," the King James Version (literally, "the chief part of the ban"); 1Ki 20:42: "a man whom I appointed to utter destruction," the King James Version (literally, "a man of my ban" (or "banning")). The root-word meant "to separate," "shut off." The Arabic charim denoted the precincts of the temple at Mecca, and also the women's apartment (whence the word "harem").
In Hebrew the word always suggested "separating" or "devoting to God." Just as qadhosh, meant "holy" or "consecrated to the service" of Yahweh, and so not liable to be used for ordinary or secular purposes, so the stem of cherem meant "devoting" to Yahweh anything which would, if spared, corrupt or contaminate the religious life of Israel, with the further idea of destroying (things) or exterminating (persons) as the surest way of avoiding such contamination. Everything that might paganize or affect the unique character of the religion of Israel was banned, e.g. idols (De 7:26); idolatrous persons (Ex 22:20); idolatrous cities (De 13:13-18). All Canaanite towns-- where the cult of Baal flourished--were to be banned (De 20:16-18). The ban did not always apply to the gold and silver of looted cities (Jos 6:24). Such valuable articles were to be placed in the "treasury of the house of Yahweh." This probably indicates a slackening of the rigid custom which involved the total destruction of the spoil. According to Nu 18:14, "everything devoted in Israel" belonged to Aaron, and Eze 44:29 the King James Version ordained that "every dedicated thing" should belong to the priests (compare Ezr 10:8). In the New Testament "accursed" is the King James Version rendering of ANATHEMA (which see).
Thomas Lewis
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Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.