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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

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's

earthen, clay
1. with the added suggestion of frailty

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (2)

2 Corinthians

2 Timothy

NAS (2)

2 Corinthians

2 Timothy

HCS (2)

2 Corinthians

2 Timothy

BSB (2)

2 Corinthians

2 Timothy

ESV (2)

2 Corinthians

2 Timothy

WEB (2)

2 Corinthians

2 Timothy

Verse Results

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.

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

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