חֶ֫רֶשׂnoun [masculine]earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd, P and late (Late Hebrew
חֶרֶס, Aramaic
חֲרַס) — absolute
׳חLeviticus 6:21 9t.,
חָ֑רֶשׂNumbers 5:17 4t.; plural construct
חַרְשֵׂיIsaiah 45:9; suffix
חֲרָשֶׂיהָEzekiel 23:34. —
1earthenware:׳כְּלִיאחearthen vesselJeremiah 32:14; especially P Leviticus 6:21; Leviticus 11:33; Leviticus 14:5,50; Leviticus 15:12; Numbers 5:17; without כְּלִיProverbs 26:23; compare ׳בַּקְבֻּק יוֺצֵר חJeremiah 19:1; ׳לְנִבְלֵי חLamentations 4:2 they are reckoned as earthen vessels, simile of sons of Zion; חֶרֶשׂ אֶתחַֿרְשֵׂי אֲדָמָהIsaiah 45:9a 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.
2a fragment of earthenware, sherdIsaiah 30:14; Ezekiel 23:34; לְהִתְגָּרֵד׳חJob 2:8a sherd to scrape himself; ׳חַדּוּדֵי חJob 41:22sharpest potsherds, figurative of sharp scales on belly of crocodile.
חֲרֶשֶׂת see קִירחֲֿרֶשֶׂת.
Strong's Hebrew: 2789. חָ֫רֶשׂ (cheres) — 17 Occurrences
Leviticus 6:28
HEB: וּכְלִי־ חֶ֛רֶשׂ אֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּבֻשַּׁל־
NAS:Also the earthenware vessel in which
KJV:But the earthen vessel
INT: vessel the earthenware which boiled
Leviticus 11:33
HEB:וְכָל־ כְּלִי־ חֶ֔רֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר־ יִפֹּ֥ל
NAS: As for any earthenware vessel
KJV:And every earthen vessel,
INT: any vessel earthenware which may fall
Leviticus 14:5
HEB:אֶל־ כְּלִי־ חֶ֖רֶשׂ עַל־ מַ֥יִם
NAS: bird in an earthenware vessel
KJV: be killed in an earthen vessel
INT: about vessel an earthenware over water
Leviticus 14:50
HEB:אֶל־ כְּלִי־ חֶ֖רֶשׂ עַל־ מַ֥יִם
NAS: bird in an earthenware vessel
KJV: of the birds in an earthen vessel
INT: about vessel an earthenware over water
Leviticus 15:12
HEB: וּכְלִי־ חֶ֛רֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר־ יִגַּע־
NAS:However, an earthenware vessel which
KJV: And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth
INT: vessel an earthenware which touches
Numbers 5:17
HEB:קְדֹשִׁ֖ים בִּכְלִי־ חָ֑רֶשׂ וּמִן־ הֶֽעָפָ֗ר
NAS: water in an earthenware vessel;
KJV: water in an earthen vessel;
INT: holy vessel an earthenware some of the dust
Job 2:8
HEB:וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ ל֣וֹ חֶ֔רֶשׂ לְהִתְגָּרֵ֖ד בּ֑וֹ
NAS: And he took a potsherd to scrape
KJV: And he took him a potsherd to scrape
INT: took A potsherd to scrape he
Job 41:30
HEB:תַּ֭חְתָּיו חַדּ֣וּדֵי חָ֑רֶשׂ יִרְפַּ֖ד חָר֣וּץ
NAS: are [like] sharp potsherds; He spreads
KJV: Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth
INT: his underparts are sharp potsherds spreads out a threshing
Psalm 22:15
HEB: יָ֘בֵ֤שׁ כַּחֶ֨רֶשׂ ׀ כֹּחִ֗י וּ֭לְשׁוֹנִי
NAS: is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue
KJV: is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue
INT: is dried A potsherd my strength and my tongue
Proverbs 26:23
HEB:מְצֻפֶּ֣ה עַל־ חָ֑רֶשׂ שְׂפָתַ֖יִם דֹּלְקִ֣ים
NAS:[Like] an earthen vessel overlaid
KJV: heart [are like] a potsherd covered
INT: overlaid and an earthen lips are burning
Isaiah 30:14
HEB:יִמָּצֵ֤א בִמְכִתָּתוֹ֙ חֶ֔רֶשׂ לַחְתּ֥וֹת אֵשׁ֙
NAS: shattered That a sherd will not be found
KJV: in the bursting of it a sherd to take
INT: will not be found pieces A sherd to take fire
Isaiah 45:9
HEB:אֶת־ יֹ֣צְר֔וֹ חֶ֖רֶשׂ אֶת־ חַרְשֵׂ֣י
NAS: with his Maker-- An earthenware vessel
KJV: with his Maker! [Let] the potsherd [strive] with the potsherds
INT: quarrels his Maker vessel vessel of earth
Isaiah 45:9
HEB:חֶ֖רֶשׂ אֶת־ חַרְשֵׂ֣י אֲדָמָ֑ה הֲיֹאמַ֨ר
NAS: An earthenware vessel among
KJV: [Let] the potsherd [strive] with the potsherds of the earth.
INT: his Maker vessel vessel of earth say
Jeremiah 19:1
HEB:בַקְבֻּ֖ק יוֹצֵ֣ר חָ֑רֶשׂ וּמִזִּקְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם
NAS: a potter's earthenware jar,
KJV: a potter's earthen bottle,
INT: jar A potter's earthenware of the elders of the people
Jeremiah 32:14
HEB:וּנְתַתָּ֖ם בִּכְלִי־ חָ֑רֶשׂ לְמַ֥עַן יַעַמְד֖וּ
NAS: and put them in an earthenware jar,
KJV: and put them in an earthen vessel,
INT: and put jar an earthenware because of may last
Lamentations 4:2
HEB:נֶחְשְׁבוּ֙ לְנִבְלֵי־ חֶ֔רֶשׂ מַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יְדֵ֥י
NAS: they are regarded as earthen jars,
KJV: how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers,
INT: are regarded jars earthen the work hands
Ezekiel 23:34
HEB:וּמָצִ֗ית וְאֶת־ חֲרָשֶׂ֛יהָ תְּגָרֵ֖מִי וְשָׁדַ֣יִךְ
NAS: it. Then you will gnaw its fragments And tear
KJV: and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off
INT: will drink and drain fragments will gnaw your breasts
