Strong's Concordance ostrakinos: earthen Original Word: ὀστράκινος, η, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: ostrakinos Phonetic Spelling: (os-tra'-kin-os) Definition: earthen Usage: 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.).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ostrakon (an earthen vessel) Definition earthen NASB Translation earthen (1), earthenware (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3749: ὀστράκινοςὀστράκινος, 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 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 ostrakínoisLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance 2 Corinthians 4:7 Adj-DNPGRK: 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 Strong's Greek 3749 |
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