King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2789
Transliteration: cheres
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-res)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd
Meaning: earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd
Word Summary
cheres: earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd
Original Word: חֶרֶשׂTransliteration: cheres
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-res)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd
Meaning: earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd
Strong's Concordance
earthen, potsherd, stone A collateral form mediating between cherec and cheresh; a piece of pottery -- earth(-en), (pot-)sherd, + stone.
see HEBREW cherec
see HEBREW cheresh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2789. cheres
חֶ֫רֶשׂ noun [masculine] earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd, P and late (Late Hebrew חֶרֶס, Aramaic חֲרַס) — absolute ׳ח Leviticus 6:21 9t., חָ֑רֶשׂ Numbers 5:17 4t.; plural construct חַרְשֵׂי Isaiah 45:9; suffix חֲרָשֶׂיהָ Ezekiel 23:34. —
1 earthenware: ׳כְּלִיאח earthen vessel Jeremiah 32:14; especially P Leviticus 6:21; 11:33; 14:5, 50; 15:12; Numbers 5:17; without כְּלִי Proverbs 26:23; compare ח יוֺצֵר ׳בַּקְבֻּק Jeremiah 19:1; ח ׳לְנִבְלֵי Lamentations 4:2 they are reckoned as earthen vessels, simile of sons of Zion; אֲדָמָה אֶתחַֿרְשֵׂי חֶרֶשׂ Isaiah 45:9 a potsherd (perhaps = earthen vessel, see Proverbs 26:23 above) among earthen potsherds (of men, over against ׳י their potter); simile of dryness Psalm 22:16.
2 a fragment of earthenware, sherd Isaiah 30:14; Ezekiel 23:34; ׳ח לְהִתְגָּרֵד Job 2:8 a sherd to scrape himself; ח ׳חַדּוּדֵי 41:22 sharpest potsherds, figurative of sharp scales on belly of crocodile.
חֲרֶשֶׂת see קִירחֲֿרֶשֶׂת.