חֶרֶשׂ cheres
Hebrew word for “earthenware” · Strong’s H2789 · used 17 times in 16 verses
Meaning
earthenware, clay pottery, shard, potsherd, earthen vessel
How it is translated
Glosses given for cheres in context, with how often each is used:
- earthenware 10
- potsherd 3
- potsherds 2
- like earthenware 1
- fragments 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leviticus | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Isaiah | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Jeremiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Leviticus 14 (2), Leviticus 6 (1), Leviticus 11 (1), Leviticus 15 (1), Numbers 5 (1), Job 2 (1), Job 41 (1), Psalms 22 (1), Proverbs 26 (1), Isaiah 30 (1)
Forms
- חרשׂ 14
- כחרשׂ 1
- חרשׂי 1
- חרשׂיה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with cheres more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 7
- יָצַר yatsar “to form” 4
- מַי mayim “water” 6
- שָׁבַר shavar “to break” 4
- שָׁטַף shataph “to overflow” 2
- צִפּוֹר tsippor “bird” 2
- נֵבֶל nevel “harp” 2
- שָׁחַט shachat “to slaughter” 2
- עָפָר aphar “dust” 2
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 3
- לָקַח laqach “to take” 3
- תָּוֶךְ tavekh “midst” 2
Key verses
The verses using cheres that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Leviticus 6:28 — But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
- Leviticus 11:33 — And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.
- Leviticus 14:5 — And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
- Leviticus 15:12 — And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
- Numbers 5:17 — And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the…
- Job 2:8 — And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
- Psalms 22:15 — My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
- Proverbs 26:23 — Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
- Isaiah 30:14 — And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of…
- Isaiah 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest…
- Jeremiah 19:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;
- Lamentations 4:2 — The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
See all 16 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.