חֶרֶשׂ
cheres · kheh'-res
a piece of pottery
Lexicon
Derivation: a collateral form mediating between H2775 (חֶרֶס) and H2791 (חֶרֶשׁ);
a piece of pottery
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: earth(-en), (pot-) sherd, [phrase] stone.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy
To separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֶרֶשׂ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in an earthen3 · 18%
- but the earthen1 · 6%
- and every earthen1 · 6%
- of earth1 · 6%
- him a potsherd1 · 6%
- stones1 · 6%
- like a potsherd1 · 6%
- are like a potsherd1 · 6%
- of it a sherd1 · 6%
- let the potsherd1 · 6%
- strive with the potsherds1 · 6%
- earthen1 · 6%
- them in an earthen1 · 6%
- as earthen1 · 6%
- the sherds1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.