חֶ֫רֶשׂ
che.re.s
“earthenware”
Definition
a piece of pottery
a collateral form mediating between H2775 (חֶרֶס) and H2791 (חֶרֶשׁ);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
חֶ֫רֶשׂ appears 13 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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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’?
“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.
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!
Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.
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