HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2789
חֶ֫רֶשׂ
che.re.s — earthenware
earthenware, clay pottery, shard, potsherd, earthen vessel
15 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Potsherd
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2635
חֲסַף
cha.saph — clay
clay, potsherd
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7025
קִיר חֶרֶשׂ
qir che.re.s — Kir-hareseth
Kir-hareseth or Kir-hares or Kir-haresh = "wall of potsherds" one of the two chief strongholds of Moab Another name of qir (קִיר "Kir" H7024B)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3749
ὀστράκινος
ostrakinos — clay
ὀστράκινος -η, -ον (ὄστρακον, an earthen vessel or potsherd), [in LXX chiefly for חֶרֶשׂ ;] made of clay, earthen: 2Co.4:7, 2Ti.2:20.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2777
חֲרָסוּת
char.sut — Potsherd (Gate)
This name means potsherd
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20850
ὀστρακώδης
ostrakōdēs — full of potsherds
full of potsherds
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8561
ὄστρακον
ostrakon — a potsherd
1. an earthen vessel , Lat. testa, (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. a tile or potsherd , especially the tablet used in voting (see. ὀστρακίζω); (Plato Philosophus) 3. a sort of earthenware castanet , (Aristophanes Comicus) 4. the hard shell of testaceous animals , as snails, muscles, tortoises, (Homeric Hymns) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
A “shred”, i.e., anything severed, as a fragment of earthenware (Job 2:8; Prov. 26:23; Isa. 45:9).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.