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In biblical contexts, it is often used to describe broken pieces of earthenware, which were common in ancient times due to the widespread use of pottery for everyday items. The term can also metaphorically represent something broken or discarded.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, pottery was a fundamental part of daily life, used for storage, cooking, and carrying water. Pottery shards, or "cherec," were abundant due to the fragility of earthenware. These shards were sometimes repurposed for writing or as tools. The imagery of broken pottery is used in the Bible to symbolize destruction, judgment, or humility, reflecting the cultural significance of pottery in the ancient Near East.<div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I. <font class="hebrew2">חֶ֫רֶס</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Judges 14:18</sup> <font size="+1"><b>sun</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>) — absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ח</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/9-7.htm">Job 9:7</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">כוכבים</font>); with <font class="hebrew2">ה</font> epenth. <font class="hebrew2">בְּטֶרֶם יָבֹא הַחַ֫רְסָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/judges/14-18.htm">Judges 14:18</a> (compare <font class="hebrew2">לַיִל</font>, <font class="hebrew2">לַיְלָה</font>) before the <em>sun</em> could go down (but read perhaps <font class="hebrew2">הַחַ֫דְרָה</font> <em>into the</em> (bridal) <em>chamber</em> Sta<sup>ZAW 1884, 253 f f.</sup>). <p> III. [<font class="hebrew2">חֶ֫רֶס</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine]</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>an eruptive disease, itch</b></font> (Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">חַרְסָא</font>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb036003.gif">; also <img src="/bdbgif/bdb036004.gif"> <em>rough</em>, etc.) — <font class="hebrew2">וּבֶחָ֑רֶס</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">עפלים</font> Kt, <font class="hebrew2">גָּרָב</font>). — I, II. <font class="hebrew2">חֶרֶס</font> see below <font class="hebrew2">חרס</font>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>itch, sun <p>Or (with a directive enclitic) charcah (khar'- saw}; from an unused root meaning to scrape; the itch; also (perhaps from the mediating idea of <a href="/hebrew/2777.htm">charcuwth</a>) the sun -- itch, sun. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2777.htm">charcuwth</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הֶחָֽרֶס׃ הַחַ֔רְסָה החרס׃ החרסה וּבֶחָ֑רֶס ובחרס לַ֭חֶרֶס לחרס ha·ḥar·sāh haCharsah haḥarsāh he·ḥā·res heChares heḥāres la·ḥe·res Lacheres laḥeres ū·ḇe·ḥā·res ūḇeḥāres uveChares<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/28-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 28:27</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">ק) וּבַגָּרָ֖ב <b> וּבֶחָ֑רֶס </b> אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and with the scab <span class="itali">and with the itch,</span> from which<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and with the scab, <span class="itali">and with the itch,</span> whereof thou canst<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/28-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> stronghold the scab <span class="itali">the itch</span> which not<p><b><a href="/text/judges/8-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 8:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה מִֽלְמַעֲלֵ֖ה <b> הֶחָֽרֶס׃ </b> </span><br><a href="/kjvs/judges/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from battle before <span class="itali">the sun</span> [was up],<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/8-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the battle the ascent <span class="itali">the sun</span><p><b><a href="/text/judges/14-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Judges 14:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/judges/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ יָבֹ֣א <b> הַחַ֔רְסָה </b> מַה־ מָּת֣וֹק</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/judges/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> day before <span class="itali">the sun</span> went down, What<br><a href="/kjvs/judges/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> day <span class="itali">before the sun</span> went down,<br><a href="/interlinear/judges/14-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> before went <span class="itali">the sun</span> What is sweeter<p><b><a href="/text/job/9-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 9:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> הָאֹמֵ֣ר <b> לַ֭חֶרֶס </b> וְלֹ֣א יִזְרָ֑ח</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Who commands <span class="itali">the sun</span> not to shine,<br><a href="/kjvs/job/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Which commandeth <span class="itali">the sun,</span> and it riseth<br><a href="/interlinear/job/9-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> commands <span class="itali">the sun</span> not to shine<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2775.htm">4 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2775.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2775<br>4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hacharsah_2775.htm">ha·ḥar·sāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hechares_2775.htm">he·ḥā·res — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/lacheres_2775.htm">la·ḥe·res — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/uvechares_2775.htm">ū·ḇe·ḥā·res — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 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