Word Summary
ostrakinos: earthen
Original Word: ὀστράκινοςTransliteration: ostrakinos
Phonetic Spelling: (os-tra'-kin-os)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: earthen
Meaning: earthen
Strong's Concordance
of earth, earthen.
From ostrakon ("oyster") (a tile, i.e. Terra cotta); earthen-ware, i.e. Clayey; by implication, frail -- of earth, earthen.
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 (); Isaiah 30:14, etc.; Hippocrates, Anthol. (others).)