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Potsherd

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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pot´shûrd ( חרשׂ , ḥeres ): A piece of earthenware ( Job 2:8; Psalm 22:15; Isaiah 45:9 ). the Revised Version (British and American) renders the word in Proverbs 26:23 , "an earthen vessel," and in Job 41:30 substitutes "sharp potsherds" for "sharp stones." Sirach 22:7 refers to the art of "gluing a potsherd ( ὄστρακον , óstrakon ) together." See HARSITH; OSTRACA .

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Potsherd'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​p/potsherd.html. 1915.
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