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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 Box Lev 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - The clay pot the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33 - If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - Then the priest shall order that one of the birds be killed over fresh water in a clay pot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50 - He shall kill one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - “ ‘A clay pot that the man touches must be broken, and any wooden article is to be rinsed with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17 - Then he shall take some holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:8 - Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30 - Its undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - My mouth[fn] is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:23 - Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are fervent[fn] lips with an evil heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - “Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘The potter has no hands’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1 - This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take along some of the elders of the people and of the priests

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:14 - ‘This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Take these documents, both the sealed and unsealed copies of the deed of purchase, and put them in a clay jar so they will last a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2 - How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:34 - You will drink it and drain it dry and chew on its pieces— and you will tear your breasts. I have spoken, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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