Dictionary entry

Potsherd

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

pot'-shurd (cheres): A piece of earthenware (Job 2:8;Ps 22:15;Isa 45:9). the Revised Version (British and American) renders the word inPr 26:23, "an earthen vessel," and inJob 41:30substitutes "sharp potsherds" for "sharp stones." Sirach 22:7 refers to the art of "gluing a potsherd (ostrakon) together."

SeeHARSITH;OSTRACA.