חֶרֶשׂcheres
earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd
Pronunciation: kheh'-res · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2789
Meanings
1. earthenware (Jeremiah 32:14; Leviticus 6:21; Leviticus 11:33)
2. a fragment of earthenware, sherd (Isaiah 30:14; Ezekiel 23:34; Job 2:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 6:28 If a clay pot is used to boil the sacrificial meat, it must then be broken. If a bronze pot is used, it must be scoured and thoroughly rinsed with water.
- Leviticus 11:33 “If such an animal falls into a clay pot, everything in the pot will be defiled, and the pot must be smashed.
- Leviticus 14:5 The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water.
- Leviticus 14:50 He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water.
- Leviticus 15:12 Any clay pot the man touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil he touches must be rinsed with water.
- Numbers 5:17 He must take some holy water in a clay jar and pour into it dust he has taken from the Tabernacle floor.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).