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Lexicon :: Strong's H2789 - ḥereś

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חֶרֶשׂ
Transliteration
ḥereś
Pronunciation
kheh'-res
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
A collateral form mediating between חֶרֶס (H2775) and חֶרֶשׁ (H2791)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 759a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶרֶשׂ cheres, kheh'-res; a collateral form mediating between H2775 and H2791; a piece of pottery:—earth(-en), (pot-) sherd, stone.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H2789 in the following manner: earthen (8x), potsherd (5x), sherd (2x), stone (1x), earth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H2789 in the following manner: earthen (8x), potsherd (5x), sherd (2x), stone (1x), earth (1x).
  1. earthenware, clay pottery, shard, potsherd, earthen vessel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶרֶשׂ cheres, kheh'-res; a collateral form mediating between H2775 and H2791; a piece of pottery:—earth(-en), (pot-) sherd, stone.
STRONGS H2789: Abbreviations
חֶ֫רֶשׂ noun [masculine] earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd, P and late (Late Hebrew חֶרֶס, Aramaic חֲרַס) — absolute ח׳ Leviticus 6:21 + 9 times, חָ֑רֶשׂ Numbers 5:17 + 4 times; 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

6:21; 6:21; 11:33; 14:5; 14:50; 15:12

Numbers

5:17; 5:17

Job

2:8; 41:22

Psalms

22:16

Proverbs

26:23; 26:23

Isaiah

30:14; 45:9; 45:9

Jeremiah

19:1; 32:14

Lamentations

4:2

Ezekiel

23:34; 23:34

H2789

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2789 matches the Hebrew חֶרֶשׂ (ḥereś),
which occurs 17 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - ‘Also the earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then that vessel shall be scoured and rinsed in water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33 - ‘As for any earthenware container into which any of these [crawling things] falls, whatever is in it becomes unclean, and you shall break the container.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - “Next the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed [as a sacrifice] in an earthenware container over [fresh] [fn]running water.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50 - and he shall kill one of the birds in an earthenware container over running water,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - ‘An earthenware container that the one with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden container shall be rinsed in water.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17 - and the priest shall take holy water [from the sacred basin] in an earthenware vessel; and he shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it in the water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:8 - And Job took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes (rubbish heaps).
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30 -

“His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery;

He moves across and spreads out [grooves] like a threshing sledge on the mire (muddy river banks).

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 -

My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery;

And my [dry] tongue clings to my jaws;

And You have laid me in the dust of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 -

Like a [common] clay vessel covered with the silver dross [making it appear silver when it has no real value]

Are burning lips [murmuring manipulative words] and a wicked heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 -

Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar,

Crushed so savagely

that there cannot be found among its pieces a potsherd [large enough]

To take [coals of] fire from a fireplace,

Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 -

“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who quarrels with his Maker—

A [worthless] piece of broken pottery among other broken pieces [equally worthless]!

Shall the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you doing?’

Or does the thing say, ‘He has no hands’?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1 -

Thus says the LORD, “Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jar, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:14 - ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, “Take these deeds, both this purchase deed which is sealed and this unsealed deed, and put them in an earthen jar, that they may last a long time.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2 -

The [noble and] precious sons of Zion,

[Once] worth their weight in fine gold,

How they are regarded [merely] as earthen jars,

The work of a potter’s hands!

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:34 -

‘You will drink it and drain it,

Then you will gnaw its fragments

And tear your breasts;

for I have spoken,’ says the Lord GOD.

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