Know the Word.

Hebrew word

cheres

kheh'-res

חֶרֶשׂ

What it means

a piece of pottery

Where it comes from

a collateral form mediating between chereç (חֶרֶס) and cheresh (חֶרֶשׁ)

How the King James translates it

  • earthen8
  • potsherd4
  • earth1
  • stones1
  • sherd1
  • potsherds1
  • sherds1

Every place it appears 17

Numbers5:17
Psalms22:15
Proverbs26:23
Isaiah30:1445:9
Jeremiah19:132:14
Lamentations4:2
Ezekiel23:34
cheres — Hebrew word meaning “a piece of pottery”