Lexicon
ostrakinos: earthen
Original Word: ὀστράκινος, η, ονPart of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: ostrakinos
Phonetic Spelling: (os-tra'-kin-os)
Short Definition: made of earth
Definition: 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)
Definitionearthen
NASB Translationearthen (1), earthenware (1).
