Strong's Lexicon

H2775

H2775 — חֶרֶס חַרסָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewcherecnoun mascOccurrences: 4TWOT: 748a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2775
Word:	חֶרֶס חַרסָה
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from an unused root meaning to scrape
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	cherec
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	kheh'-res (or (with a directive enclitic) charcah (khar'- saw}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. the itch 2. (perhaps from the mediating idea of H2777) the sun
KJV Renderings:	itch, sun.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3142

I. חֶ֫רֶס noun masculine^{Judg 14:18} sun (Late Hebrew id.) — absolute ׳ ח Job 9:7 (|| כוכבים); with ה epenth. בְּטֶרֶם יָבֹא הַחַ֫רְסָה Judg 14:18 (compare לַיִל, לַיְלָה) before the sun could go down (but read perhaps הַחַ֫דְרָה into the (bridal) chamber Sta^{ZAW 1884, 253 f f.}).

BDB3179

III. [חֶ֫רֶס] noun [masculine] an eruptive disease, itch (Aramaic חַרְסָא, [untranscribed source text 2008]; also [untranscribed source text 2009] rough, etc.) — וּבֶחָ֑רֶס Deut 28:27 (|| עפלים Kt , גָּרָב). — I, II. חֶרֶס see below חרס.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חרס (gheh’-res)

Leviticus 6:28

KJV: 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.

EHCC: (21). But the earthen vessel

Leviticus 11:33

KJV: And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

EHCC: every earthen vessel,

Leviticus 15:12

KJV: 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.

EHCC: the vessel of earth, |

Numbers 5:17

KJV: 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 water:

EHCC: -holy water in an earthen veel; |

Job 2:8

KJV: And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

EHCC: he took him 4 1 . |

Job 41:30

KJV: Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire.Sharp stones: Heb. Sharp pieces of potsherd

EHCC: (22). Sharp stones (are) under him: (MEF

Psalms 22:15

KJV: 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.

EHCC: 10). trength is et up Hike a potshed:

Proverbs 26:23

KJV: Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

EHCC: and a wicked beart (are Tike) « ole |

Isaiah 30:14

KJV: 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 it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.the potters’…: Heb. the bottle of potters

EHCC: found in the bursting of tasked |

Isaiah 45:9

KJV: 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 thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

EHCC: (Let) fhe potaherd (atrive) with te po

Isaiah 32:14

KJV: Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;forts…: or, clifts and watchtowers

EHCC: put them in an earthen vessel, /

Lamentations 4:2

KJV: The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

EHCC: esteemed as earthen pitchers, /