King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2777
Transliteration: charsuth
Phonetic Spelling: (khar-sooth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: potsherd
Meaning: a potsherd, a pottery
Word Summary
charsuth: potsherd
Original Word: חַרְסוּתTransliteration: charsuth
Phonetic Spelling: (khar-sooth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: potsherd
Meaning: a potsherd, a pottery
Strong's Concordance
east From cherec (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.
see HEBREW cherec
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2777. charsuth
חרסות Kt, חַרְסִית Qr noun feminine collective potsherd — הַחַרְסִ֯ות שַׁעַר מֶּתַח Jeremiah 19:2, designation of a gate in Jerusalem; opening of the gate of potsherds, i.e. where they were thrown (see 19:10; 19:11 and Gf); it led into the valley of Hinnom; ᵐ5 Ξαρς(ε)ιθ favours Qr **see BaldenspergerPEF 1904, 136 on the crushing of potsherds in the Valley of Hinnom.