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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3749 - ὀστράκινος

Transliteration

ostrákinos

Phonetics

os-tra'-kin-os

Origin

from ostrakon ["oyster"] (a tile, i.e. terra cotta)

Parts of Speech

adjective

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

earthen, clay
1. with the added suggestion of frailty

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2635 ‑ חֲסַף (khas‑af'); 2789 ‑ חֶרֶשׂ (kheh'‑res);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (2)

2 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

BSB (2)

2 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

CSB (2)

2 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

ESV (2)

2 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

KJV (2)

2 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

2 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

N95 (2)

2 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

NAS (2)

2 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

NLT (2)

2 Corinthians 2

2 Timothy 1

WEB (2)

2 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

YLT (2)

2 Corinthians 1

2 Timothy 1

ASV (2)

earthen 1

of earth 1

BSB (2)

clay 1

of clay 1

CSB (2)

clay 2

ESV (2)

clay 2

KJV (2)

earth 1

earthen 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

clay 1

earthen 1

N95 (2)

earthen 1

earthenware 1

NAS (2)

earthen 1

earthenware 1

NLT (2)

clay 2

WEB (2)

clay 1

of clay 1

YLT (2)

earthen 1

of earth 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

ANT

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

BEZ

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

BGB

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

BMT

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

BYZ

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

ELZ

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

NA26

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

SBL

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

SCV

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

STV

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

TIS

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

TRG

A-DPN 1

A-NPN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ὀστρᾰκ-ῐνος, η, ον,

1. earthen, made of clay, of vessels, Hp. Nat.Mul. 34, al., Pl.Com. 114, AP 7.645 (Crin.), 11.74 (Nicarch.), 2 Timothy 2:20, 2 Corinthians 4:7, PLond. 3.1177.95 (ii A. D.).

2. like earthenware, ὀστράκινατὸ δέρμα, = ὀστρακόδερμα, v.l. in Luc. Lex. 6.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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).)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ὀστράκινος -η , -ον

(< ὄστρακον , an earthen vessel or potsherd),

[in LXX chiefly for H2789;]

made of clay, earthen: 2 Corinthians 4:7, 2 Timothy 2:20.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the orig. meaning ";urge,"; ";press,"; against nature or law, cf. Epicurea ed. Usener p. 36.5 μήτε τὸ ἀδύνατον καὶ παραβιάζεσθαι. See also Polyb. xxii. 10. 7.

List of Word Forms

οστρακινα οστράκινα ὀστράκινα οστρακινοις οστρακίνοις ὀστρακίνοις οστράκινον οστρακίνου οστρακίνους οστρακίνω όστρακον οστράκου οστράκω ostrakina ostrákina ostrakinois ostrakínois