HebrewH2789Noun (Masculine)

חֶ֫רֶשׂ

che.re.s

13Occurrences
H2789Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a piece of pottery

a collateral form mediating between H2775 (חֶרֶס) and H2791 (חֶרֶשׁ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
earthenware, clay pottery, shard, potsherd, earthen vessel

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

חֶ֫רֶשׂ appears 13 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus
4
Isaiah
2
Jeremiah
2
Ezk
1
Job
1
Lamentations
1
Numbers
1
Proverbs
1

Key Passages

Ezk 23:34BSB

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Isaiah 45:9BSB

Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many.Does the clay ask the potter,‘What are you making?’Does your work say,‘He has no hands’?

Jeremiah 32:14BSB

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.

Lamentations 4:2BSB

How the precious sons of Zion,once worth their weight in pure gold,are now esteemed as jars of clay,the work of a potter’s hands!

Leviticus 14:5BSB

Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.

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