International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Potsherd

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Potsherd


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pot´shûrd (חרשׂ, ḥeres): A piece of earthenware (; ; ). the Revised Version (British and American) renders the word in , “an earthen vessel,” and in substitutes “sharp potsherds” for “sharp stones.” Sirach 22:7 refers to the art of “gluing a potsherd (ὄστρακον, óstrakon) together.” See HARSITH; OSTRACA.