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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

2. (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.

3. (n.) Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns.

4. (n.) An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.

5. (n.) A curse or anathema.

6. (n.) A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.

7. (v. t.) To curse; to invoke evil upon.

8. (v. t.) To forbid; to interdict.

9. (v. i.) To curse; to swear.

10. (n.) An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BAN

(A, Ban; B, Bainan; 1 Esdras 5:37 = Tobiah (Ezra 2:60 Nehemiah 7:62); some manuscripts of the Septuagint read Boua): The descendants of Ban were not able to trace their ancestry to show "how they were of Israel."

Greek

331. anathema -- that which is laid up, ie a votive offering
... 331 (from 303 , "up" a process, which intensifies 5087 , "to place") -- properly,
place , referring to something (given ) ; a divine curse/ban ("accursed"); an ...
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2878. korban -- an offering
... an offering. Part of Speech: Hebrew Noun, Masculin Transliteration: korban Phonetic
Spelling: (kor-ban') Short Definition: a gift, offering Definition: a gift ...
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4838. sumparalambano -- to take along with
... to take along with. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sumparalambano Phonetic
Spelling: (soom-par-al-am-ban'-o) Short Definition: I take along as a ...
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3335. metalambano -- to partake of
... to partake of. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: metalambano Phonetic Spelling:
(met-al-am-ban'-o) Short Definition: I share in, partake of Definition: (a ...
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1949. epilambanomai -- to lay hold of
... to lay hold of. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epilambanomai Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-ee-lam-ban'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I seize, take hold of ...
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5274. hupolambano -- to take or bear up, to receive, to assume
... to take or bear up, to receive, to assume. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration:
hupolambano Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-ol-am-ban'-o) Short Definition: I take up ...
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353. analambano -- to take up, raise
... to take up, raise. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: analambano Phonetic Spelling:
(an-al-am-ban'-o) Short Definition: I take up, raise Definition: I take up ...
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3880. paralambano -- to receive from
... to receive from. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: paralambano Phonetic Spelling:
(par-al-am-ban'-o) Short Definition: I take, receive Definition: I take ...
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4878. sunantilambanomai -- to take hold with at the side, hence to ...
... the side, hence to take a share in, generally to help. Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: sunantilambanomai Phonetic Spelling: (soon-an-tee-lam-ban'-om-ahee ...
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482. antilambano -- to take instead of, take hold of
... to take instead of, take hold of. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: antilambano
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee-lam-ban'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I take hold of ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2764a. cherem -- devoted thing, devotion, ban
... 2764, 2764a. cherem. 2764b . devoted thing, devotion, ban. Transliteration:
cherem Short Definition: under. Word Origin from charam ...
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5021. Nebushaz-ban -- "O Nebo, deliver me," a Bab. officer
Nebushaz-ban. 5020, 5021. Nebushaz-ban. 5022 . "O Nebo, deliver me," a
Bab. officer. Transliteration: Nebushaz-ban Phonetic Spelling ...
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2763. charam -- to ban, devote, exterminate
... 2762, 2763. charam. 2763a . to ban, devote, exterminate. Transliteration: charam
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-ram') Short Definition: accursed. ...
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2763a. charam -- to ban, devote, exterminate
... 2763, 2763a. charam. 2763b . to ban, devote, exterminate. Transliteration:
charam Short Definition: destroyed. Word Origin a prim. ...
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2764. cherem -- devoted thing, devotion, ban
... 2763b, 2764. cherem. 2764a . devoted thing, devotion, ban. Transliteration:
cherem Phonetic Spelling: (khay'-rem) Short Definition: cursed. ...
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3835. laban -- to be white
... 3834, 3835. laban. 3835a . to be white. Transliteration: laban Phonetic Spelling:
(law-ban') Short Definition: brick. make brick, be made, make whiter ...
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4344. Makbannay -- one of David's heroes
... 4343, 4344. Makbannay. 4345 . one of David's heroes. Transliteration: Makbannay
Phonetic Spelling: (mak-ban-nah'-ee) Short Definition: Machbannai. ...
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Library

Under the Ban of Theodosius and of the Latrocinium.
... IV."Under the Ban of Theodosius and of the Latrocinium. Theodoret was at
Antioch when Count Rufus brought him the edict. His friends ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/iv under the ban of theodosius.htm

Under Ban of the Ritual
... CHAPTER II UNDER BAN OF THE RITUAL. Holy Memphis, city of Apis, habitat
of Ptah! Not idly was she called Menefer, the Good Place. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter ii under ban of.htm

The Vengeance of Rome
... And after a while it was reported at Rome, that whereas formerly men and women had
died in despair, knowing that the Pope's ban was upon them, there were now ...
/.../bevan/three friends of god/chapter xxxv the vengeance of.htm

Fifth Sunday in Lent
... the priest was unholy, being denied membership in the congregation and enjoyment
of its privileges; in all respects he was separated like those in the ban today ...
//christianbookshelf.org/luther/epistle sermons vol ii/fifth sunday in lent.htm

On the Morrow of the Transfiguration
... message. Otherwise there was this Divine alternative in the prophecy of Malachi:
Lest I come to smite the land with the ban' (Cherem). ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter ii on the morrow.htm

The Healing of the Man Born Blind.
... If still unrepentant, the third, or real excommunication, was pronounced, which
was called the Cherem, or ban, and of which the duration was indefinite. ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter ix the healing of.htm

"Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother. "
... The spiritual authority should punish sin with the ban and with laws, and constrain
its spiritual children to be good, in order that they might have reason to ...
/.../luther/a treatise on good works/thou shalt honor thy father.htm

The Third Continental Journey, or the Journey to Greece.
... of the late Pastor Oberlin, and had been sensibly affected by what Stephen Grellet
had said in a meeting at his father's place of worship in the Ban de la Roche ...
/.../chapter xi the third continental.htm

St. Bernard
... house practically innocuous. When Frederick refused to accept this decision
he was put to the ban of the Empire. The Hohenstaufen ...
/.../medley/the church and the empire/chapter vi st bernard.htm

Survival of the Fittest
... most. But to meet this state of mind, rather than to defend its reasonableness
or ban its presumption, is the question before us. ...
/.../berkhof/new evangelism and other papers/survival of the fittest.htm

Thesaurus

Ban (12 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against
a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes ...
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Nebushaz'ban (1 Occurrence)
Nebushaz'ban. Nebushazban, Nebushaz'ban. Nebuzaradan . Multi-Version
Concordance Nebushaz'ban (1 Occurrence). Jeremiah ...
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Sheshbazzar (4 Occurrences)
... form of the Babylonian Shamash-aba-ucur, or Shamash-bana-ucur: "Oh Shamash, protect
the father." It is possible that the full name was Shamash-ban-zeri-Babili ...
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Accursed (26 Occurrences)
... eg 1 Samuel 15:21: "the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed,"
the King James Version (literally, "the chief part of the ban"); 1 Kings ...
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Succoth-benoth (1 Occurrence)
... At present the only suggestion which can be made is that Benoth is for ban wath,
ie ban'(i) mati, "creator of the land." Both the Semitic and the bilingual ...
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Succothbenoth (1 Occurrence)
... At present the only suggestion which can be made is that Benoth is for ban wath,
ie ban'(i) mati, "creator of the land." Both the Semitic and the bilingual ...
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Nebushazban (2 Occurrences)
... neb-u-shaz'-ban (nebhushazebhan equals Assyrian Nabusezib-anni, "Nebo delivers me";
the King James Version Nebushasban): An important officer (the Rab-saris ...
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Urbane (1 Occurrence)
... elegant. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. URBANE. ur'-ban, -ban'. See URBANUS.
Multi-Version Concordance Urbane (1 Occurrence). Romans ...
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Banaias
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BANAIAS. ban-ai'-as (Banaias; 1 Esdras 9:35 =
Benaiah (Ezra 10:43)): Banaias put away his "strange wife.". ...
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Hormah (9 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Banning; ie, placing under a "ban," or devoting
to utter destruction. After the manifestation of God's ...
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Bible Concordance

Ban (12 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 7:26 You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and become a devoted thing like it. You shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a devoted thing.
(See NAS)

Deuteronomy 13:17 There shall cleave nothing of the devoted thing to your hand; that Yahweh may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers;
(See NAS)

Joshua 6:17 The city shall be devoted, even it and all that is in it, to Yahweh. Only Rahab the prostitute shall live, she and all who are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
(See NAS)

Joshua 6:18 But as for you, only keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when you have devoted it, you take of the devoted thing; so would you make the camp of Israel accursed, and trouble it.
(See NAS)

Joshua 7:1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted things; for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. Therefore Yahweh's anger burned against the children of Israel.
(See NAS)

Joshua 7:11 Israel has sinned. Yes, they have even transgressed my covenant which I commanded them. Yes, they have even taken of the devoted things, and have also stolen, and also deceived. They have even put it among their own stuff.
(See NAS)

Joshua 7:12 Therefore the children of Israel can't stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will not be with you any more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
(See NAS)

Joshua 7:15 It shall be, that he who is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of Yahweh, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.'"
(See NAS)

Joshua 22:20 Didn't Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? That man didn't perish alone in his iniquity.'"
(See NAS)

1 Chronicles 2:7 The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
(See NAS NIV)

Isaiah 34:5 For my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.
(DBY JPS)

Isaiah 43:28 And I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the ban, and Israel to reproaches.
(DBY NAS)

Subtopics

Ban

Related Terms

Nebushaz'ban (1 Occurrence)

Sheshbazzar (4 Occurrences)

Accursed (26 Occurrences)

Succoth-benoth (1 Occurrence)

Succothbenoth (1 Occurrence)

Nebushazban (2 Occurrences)