FORFEIT (חָרַמ֒, H3049; ζημιόν). The word appears only once (Ezra 10:8) in the KJV, but eight times in the RSV (Deut 22:9; 2 Kings 10:24; Ezra 10:8; Prov 20:2; Hab 2:10; Matt 16:26; Mark 8:36; Luke 9:25). The Heb. word ḥāram has the basic meaning of consecrating something to God for sacred use, but it later acquired the idea of paying a penalty for a crime, fault, etc. and of losing the right to something. Where the law said that Israelites must not sow their vineyards with two kinds of seed, lest the whole yield be forfeited to the sanctuary (Deut 22:9), it meant that the crop would become God’s (Temple property). The penalty for refusing to comply with Ezra’s order that all Israelites appear in Jerusalem within three days was the forfeiture (relinquishing) of their property to the Temple treasury (Ezra 10:8). The Gr. word ζημιόν found in Jesus’ saying, “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life” (Matt 16:26; Mark 8:36; Luke 9:25), occurs also in 1 Corinthians 3:15; 2 Corinthians 7:9; and Philippians 3:8, where the RSV renders it “suffer loss.” The primary meaning of the verb is “to suffer loss,” “receive damage” (MM).