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foÌ‚r´fit (חר×, hÌ£aÌ„ram): “Forfeit†(from forisfacere, “to act beyondâ€) implies loss through transgression or non-observance of some law or rule. The word occurs only once as the translation of hÌ£aÌ„ram, “to shut in,†frequently to devote or consecrate a person or thing to God beyond redemption (compare , ; ; , “That whosoever came not within three days,... all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity,†King James Version margin, the American Revised Version, margin and the Revised Version (British and American) “devotedâ€; compare 1 Esdras 9:4, “Their cattle should be seized to the use of the temple†(anieroÌoÌ„, “to consecrate,†“devoteâ€); 6:32, “all his goods seized for the king†(taÌ hupaÌrchonia autouÌ eıÌnai ‛eis' basilikaÌ').
The Revised Version (British and American) has “forfeited†(kÌ£aÌ„dheÌ„sh, “consecrated,†“devotedâ€) for “defiled†(), margin “Hebrew consecratedâ€; “forfeit his life†for “lose his own soul†(psucheÌ„Ì) (; ); “lose or forfeit his own self†for “lose himself or be cast away†(, heautoÌn deÌ apoleÌsas eÌ„Ì zeÌ„mioÌ„theıÌs; zeÌ„mioÌoÌ„ is the Septuagint for ‛aÌ„nash, “to be mulcted,†or “fined,†; ; m; ; ; ); Weymouth renders , “to have lost or forfeited his own self†(or “had to pay his own self - his own existence - as a fineâ€); in the other instances of zeÌ„miooÌ„ (; ), the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) render “suffer loss,†“suffered ... lossâ€; the King James Version, “receive damage.â€