CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 2777. חַרְסוּת (charsuth) -- Potsherd, shard</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/2777.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/jeremiah/19-2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/2777.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 2777</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/2776.htm" title="2776">◄</a> 2777. charsuth <a href="../hebrew/2778.htm" title="2778">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">charsuth: Potsherd, shard</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">חַרְסוּת</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>charcuwth<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>khar-SOOTH<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(khar-sooth')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Potsherd, shard<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a potsherd, a pottery<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root חָרַס (charas), meaning "to scrape" or "to engrave."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for similar contexts is ὄστρακον (ostrakon), which also means "potsherd" or "earthenware."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "charsuth" refers to a fragment of pottery, commonly known as a potsherd. In biblical times, pottery was a ubiquitous material used for various domestic purposes, and broken pieces were often repurposed for writing or other practical uses. The word is used metaphorically in Scripture to convey brokenness or insignificance.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, pottery was an essential part of daily life, used for storage, cooking, and carrying water. The abundance of pottery fragments, or potsherds, in archaeological sites provides valuable insights into the daily lives of the people. Potsherds were often used as writing surfaces for messages or records, known as ostraca. The imagery of a potsherd in biblical literature often symbolizes fragility, humility, or the brokenness of human life in contrast to God's eternal nature.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/hebrew/2789.htm">cheres</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>potsherd<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>potsherd (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">חרסות</font> Kt, <font class="hebrew2">חַרְסִית</font> Qr <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine collective</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>potsherd</b></font> — <font class="hebrew2">מֶּתַח שַׁעַר הַחַרְסִ֯ות</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/19-2.htm">Jeremiah 19:2</a>, designation of a gate in Jerusalem; opening of the <em>gate of potsherds</em>, i.e. where they were thrown (see <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/19-10.htm">Jeremiah 19:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/19-11.htm">Jeremiah 19:11</a> and Gf); it led into the valley of Hinnom; <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> <font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">Ξαρς</font>(<font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">ε</font>)<font face="Gentium,Galatia SIL,SBL Greek,GFS Porson,Times New Roman">ιθ</font> favours Qr <font size="+1">**</font>see Baldensperger<sup>PEF 1904, 136</sup> on the crushing of potsherds in the Valley of Hinnom. <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>east <p>From <a href="/hebrew/2775.htm">cherec</a> (apparently in the sense of a red tile used for scraping); a potsherd, i.e. (by implication) a pottery; the name of a gate at Jerusalem -- east. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/2775.htm">cherec</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַֽחַרְסִ֑ית החרסית ha·ḥar·sîṯ hacharSit haḥarsîṯ<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/jeremiah/19-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 19:2</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">[הַחֲרָסוּת כ] <b> (הַֽחַרְסִ֑ית </b> ק) וְקָרָ֣אתָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> is by the entrance <span class="itali">of the potsherd</span> gate,<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> which [is] by the entry <span class="itali">of the east</span> gate,<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/19-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the entrance gate <span class="itali">east</span> and proclaim there<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2777.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2777.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2777<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/hacharsit_2777.htm">ha·ḥar·sîṯ — 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 = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/2776.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2776"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2776" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/2778.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2778"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2778" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>