STRONGS NUMBER G3749


Word Summary
ostrakinos: earthen
Original Word: ὀστράκινος
Transliteration: 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: 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).)