◄ 3749. ostrakinos ►
Strong's Concordance ostrakinos: earthen Original Word: ὀστράκινος, η, ον Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: ostrakinos Phonetic Spelling: (os-tra'-kin-os) Short Definition: made of earth Definition: made of clay, earthen. HELPS Word-studies 3749 ostrákinos (the root of the English term, "ostraca," i.e. baked-clay shaped into pottery, etc.) – properly, made of clay (earth). 3749 /ostrákinos ("earthen, made of clay") is used metaphorically in 2 Cor 4:7 of the frail human body of believers – which serves as the temple of the Holy Spirit. [3749 (ostrákinos) refers to anything made of baked clay, e.g. earthenware (clay vessels). Earthen (clay) jars were used for storage and as "writing pads" (for messages, contracts, wills, etc.).] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3749: ὀστράκινος ὀστράκινος, ὀστρακινη, ὀστράκινον (ὄστρακον baked clay), made of clay, earthen: σκεύη ὀστράκινα, 2 Timothy 2:20; with the added suggestion of frailty, 2 Corinthians 4:7. (Jeremiah 19:1, 11; Jeremiah 39:14 (); Isaiah 30:14, etc.; Hippocrates, Anthol. (others).) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of earth, earthen. From ostrakon ("oyster") (a tile, i.e. Terra cotta); earthen-ware, i.e. Clayey; by implication, frail -- of earth, earthen. Forms and Transliterations οστρακινα οστράκινα ὀστράκινα οστρακινοις οστρακίνοις ὀστρακίνοις οστράκινον οστρακίνου οστρακίνους οστρακίνω όστρακον οστράκου οστράκω ostrakina ostrákina ostrakinois ostrakínois Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 3749 2 Occurrences ὀστράκινα — 1 Occ. ὀστρακίνοις — 1 Occ. 2 Corinthians 4:7 Adj-DNP GRK: τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσιν ἵνα NAS: this treasure in earthen vessels, so KJV: treasure in earthen vessels, that INT: this in earthen vessels that 2 Timothy 2:20 Adj-NNP GRK: ξύλινα καὶ ὀστράκινα καὶ ἃ NAS: vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some KJV: of wood and of earth; and some INT: wooden and earthen and some 2 Occurrences