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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - ‘Also the earthenware H2789 vessel H3627 in which H834 it was boiled H1310 shall be broken; H7665 and if H518 it was boiled H1310 in a bronze H5178 vessel, H3627 then it shall be scoured H4838 and rinsed H7857 in water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33 - ‘As for any H3605 earthenware H2789 vessel H3627 into which H834 one of them may fall, H5307 whatever H3605 H834 is in it becomes H2930 unclean H2930 and you shall break H7665 [fn]the vessel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - “The priest H3548 shall also give H6680 orders H6680 to slay H7819 the one H259 bird H6833 in an earthenware H2789 vessel H3627 over H5921 [fn]running H2416 water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50 - and he shall slaughter H7819 the one H259 bird H6833 in an earthenware H2789 vessel H3627 over H5921 [fn]running H2416 water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - ‘However, an earthenware H2789 vessel H3627 which H834 the person with the discharge H2100 touches H5060 shall be broken, H7665 and every H3605 wooden H6086 vessel H3627 shall be rinsed H7857 in water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17 - and the priest H3548 shall take H3947 holy H6918 water H4325 in an earthenware H2789 vessel; H3627 and [fn]he shall take H3947 some H4480 of the dust H6083 that is on the floor H7172 of the tabernacle H4908 and put H5414 it into the water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:8 - And he took H3947 a potsherd H2789 to scrape H1623 himself while he was sitting H3427 among H8432 the ashes. H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30 - “His underparts H8478 are like sharp H2303 potsherds; H2789
He [fn]spreads H7502 out like a threshing H2742 sledge H2742 on the mire. H2916

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - My strength H3581 is dried H3001 up like a potsherd, H2789
And my tongue H3956 cleaves H1692 to my jaws; H4455
And You lay H8239 me [fn]in the dust H6083 of death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 - Like an earthen H2789 vessel H2789 overlaid H6823 with silver H3701 dross H5509
Are burning H1814 lips H8193 and a wicked H7451 heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - Whose collapse H7665 is like the smashing H7667 of a potter’s H3335 jar, H5035
[fn]So ruthlessly H3808 H2550 shattered H3807
That a sherd H2789 will not be found H4672 among its pieces H4386
To [fn]take H2846 fire H784 from a hearth H3344
Or to scoop H2834 water H4325 from a cistern.” H1360

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - “Woe H1945 to the one who quarrels H7378 with his [fn]Maker H3335—
An earthenware H2789 vessel H2789 [fn]among H854 the vessels H2789 of earth! H127
Will the clay H2563 say H559 to the [fn]potter, H3335 ‘What H4100 are you doing?’ H6213
Or the thing H6467 you are making H6467 say, ‘He has H369 no H369 hands’? H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 “Go H1980 and buy H7069 a potter’s H3335 earthenware H2789 jar, H1228 and take some H4480 of the elders H2205 of the people H5971 and some H4480 of the [fn]senior H2205 priests. H3548

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:14 - ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of Israel, H3478 “Take H3947 these H428 deeds, H5612 this H2088 sealed H2856 deed H5612 of purchase H4736 and this H2088 open H1540 deed, H5612 and put H5414 them in an earthenware H2789 jar, H3627 that they may [fn]last H5975 a long H7227 time.” H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2 - The precious H3368 sons H1121 of Zion, H6726
Weighed H5537 against fine H6337 gold, H6337
How H351 they are regarded H2803 as earthen H2789 jars, H5035
The work H4639 of a potter’s H3335 hands! H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:34 - ‘You will drink H8354 it and drain H4680 it.
Then you will gnaw H1633 its fragments H2789
And tear H5423 your breasts; H7699
for I have spoken,’ H1696 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3068
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