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Saturday, November 23rd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #2789 - חֶרֶשׂ

Transliteration

cheres

Phonetics

kheh-res

Origin

a collateral form mediating between (H2775) and (H2791)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

759a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

earthenware, clay pottery, shard, potsherd, earthen vessel

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2246 ‑ ἥλιος (hay'‑lee‑os); 3691 ‑ ὀξύς (ox‑oos'); 3749 ‑ ὀστράκινος (os‑tra'‑kin‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (15)

Leviticus 4

Numbers 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

BSB (17)

Leviticus 5

Numbers 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

CSB (13)

Leviticus 5

Numbers 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

ESV (17)

Leviticus 5

Numbers 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

KJV (16)

Leviticus 5

Numbers 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

LEB (16)

Leviticus 5

Numbers 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

LSB (19)

Leviticus 5

Numbers 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

N95 (18)

Leviticus 5

Numbers 1

Job 2

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

NAS (27)

Leviticus 5

Numbers 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 4

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (16)

Leviticus 4

Numbers 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Ezekiel 1

ASV (15)

a potsherd 1

among the potsherds 1

and every earthen 1

as earthen 1

but the earthen 1

earthen 1

him a potsherd 1

in an earthen 3

like a potsherd 1

potsherds 1

the sherds 1

them in an earthen 1

thereof a sherd 1

BSB (17)

a clay 2

a piece of broken pottery 1

among many 1

an earthen vessel 1

any clay 1

clay 1

in a clay 3

like a potsherd 1

not a shard 1

of clay 1

one clay pot 1

potsherds 1

the clay 1

to pieces 1

CSB (13)

clay 7

earthen 1

its broken pieces 1

like baked clay 1

of pottery 1

pot 1

pottery 1

ESV (17)

broken pottery 1

earthen 1

earthen vessel 1

earthenware 8

pot 1

pots 1

potsherd 1

potsherds 1

shard 1

shards 1

KJV (16)

earth 1

earthen 8

potsherd 3

potsherd strive with the potsherds 1

sherd 1

sherds 1

stones 1

LEB (16)

a clay 2

a potsherd 3

among potsherds of 1

and a clay 1

but a clay 1

clay 2

earthenware 1

in a clay 1

its potsherds 1

like a potsherd 1

potsherd 1

them in an ⌊earthenware 1

LSB (19)

earthen 2

earthenware 9

fragments 1

potsherd 3

potsherds 1

vessel 2

vessels 1

N95 (18)

earthen 2

earthenware 9

fragments 1

potsherd 1

potsherds 1

sherd 1

vessel 2

vessels 1

NAS (27)

earthenware 10

fragments 1

of 4

piece 3

pieces 2

pottery 5

shard 1

vessel 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (16)

a clay pot 1

a piece 1

among the clay pots 1

an earthen 1

as earthen 1

but the earthen 1

earthen 1

every earthen 1

for himself a potsherd 1

in an earthen 3

like a potsherd 1

potsherds 1

the broken pieces 1

them in an earthen 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2207) x r h (ההרס HhRS) AC: Dry CO: Clay AB: ?: The process of drying clay bricks or pots in the sun. [from: yr- potsherd]

N^m ) x r h (ההרס HhRS) - I. Clay:Used for making pottery. [df: horx]II. Itch:Skin irritations are treated by applying clay to the irritation and left to dry. III. Sun:Clay left in the sun dries. IV. Potsherd:Broken pieces of clay pottery. [df: Vrx] KJV (21): itch, sun, earthen, potsherd, sherd, stone, earth - Strongs: H2775 (חַרְסָה), H2789 (חֶרֶשׂ)

N^f3 ) t f x r h (ההרסות HhRSWT) - Potsherd: Broken pieces of clay pottery. KJV (1): east - Strongs: H2777 (חַרְסוּת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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; Leviticus 11:33; Leviticus 14:5,50; Leviticus 15:12; Numbers 5:17; without כְּלִי Proverbs 26:23; compare ׳בַּקְבֻּק יוֺצֵר ח Jeremiah 19:1; ׳לְנִבְלֵי ח Lamentations 4:2 they are reckoned as earthen vessels, simile of sons of Zion; חֶרֶשׂ אֶתחַֿרְשֵׂי אֲדָמָה 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; לְהִתְגָּרֵד׳ח Job 2:8 a sherd to scrape himself; ׳חַדּוּדֵי ח Job 41:22 sharpest potsherds, figurative of sharp scales on belly of crocodile.

חֲרֶשֶׂת see קִירחֲֿרֶשֶׂת.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חֶרֶשׂ m. a potsherd, Job 2:8, 41:22 Psalms 22:16; Ezekiel 23:34. כְּלִי חֶרֶשׂ a vessel of earthenware, Levit. 6:21 11:33 14:5, 50 Leviticus 14:50, 15:2 instead of which, poetically, חֶרֶשׂ stands alone, Proverbs 26:23. A potsherd proverbially for anything of no value, Isaiah 45:9 [“also for any thing very dry, Psalms 22:16 ”]. (Arab. خَرْسُ a wine jar, خَرَسَ to make earthenware wine jar, Gol. ex Maruph.)

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List of Word Forms

חֲרָשֶׂ֛יהָ חֶ֔רֶשׂ חֶ֖רֶשׂ חֶ֛רֶשׂ חַרְשֵׂ֣י חָ֑רֶשׂ חרש חרשי חרשיה כַּחֶ֨רֶשׂ ׀ כחרש charaSeiha Chares charSei Cheres ḥă·rā·śe·hā ḥā·reś ḥar·śê ḥărāśehā ḥāreś ḥarśê ḥe·reś ḥereś ka·ḥe·reś kaCheres kaḥereś