H6089b H6089b
vessel, implement; fashioned object
This noun denotes a vessel or fashioned object, emphasizing the shaped or formed character of the item. In Jeremiah 22:28 it appears in a rhetorical question about Coniah (Jehoiachin): is he a despised, broken vessel? The term emphasizes the crafted nature of pottery or implements, extended metaphorically to a person viewed as a discarded pot. The BDB distinguishes this from the noun meaning 'pain' despite identical spelling.
Senses
1. sense 1 — In Jeremiah 22:28, this asks rhetorically whether Coniah is a despised, broken vessel that no one wants. The metaphor draws on pottery imagery—a king reduced to a rejected pot. The term emphasizes the fashioned or shaped nature of the object, making the metaphor particularly pointed: even as a crafted vessel, Coniah has no value. Spanish and English show interpretive variation between 'vessel' and 'idol,' possibly reflecting textual or lexical uncertainty. 1×
AR["هَلِ-الصَّنَمُ"]·ben["হে-মূর্তি"]·DE["[העצב]"]·EN["Is-vessel"]·FR["[העצב]"]·heb["ה-עצב"]·HI["क्या-मूर्ति"]·ID["bejana"]·IT["[העצב]"]·jav["Punapa-reca"]·KO["(의문)-우상이"]·PT["O-ídolo"]·RU["идол"]·ES["¿Es-ídolo"]·SW["Je-sanamu"]·TR["Yazık"]·urd["بت"]
Related Senses
H3548 1. priest, cultic officiant (750×)G5547 1. Christ, Messiah, Anointed One (540×)H5030 1. Prophet, divine spokesperson (317×)H5930a 1. burnt offering (sacrifice) (286×)H3881 1. Levites (priestly class) (283×)G4396 1. prophet, spokesperson of God (146×)H6944 1. sanctuary, holy place (129×)G0749 1. high priest, chief priest (123×)H6944 2. holiness, sacredness (abstract quality) (123×)G5330 1. Pharisee (99×)G4336 1. pray to God (86×)H6944 3. holy things, sacred offerings (plural) (86×)H3722a 1. make ritual atonement (Piel) (85×)H6912 1. bury (Qal active) (82×)H6419 1. pray (Hitpael) (80×)H6944 4. holiness (with possessive pronoun) (77×)H6942 1. sanctify, consecrate (Piel factitive) (76×)H2930a 1. Qal: be/become unclean (75×)H7819a 1. slaughter an animal (Qal active) (72×)H1486 1. lot (object cast for decisions) (71×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. עֶ֫צֶב n.m. vessel (as fashioned);—ע׳ נִבְזֶה וגו׳ Je 22:28 a vessel despised, etc. (fig. of Coniah = Jehoiachin).