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Lexicon :: Strong's G3749 - ostrakinos

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ὀστράκινος
Transliteration
ostrakinos (Key)
Pronunciation
os-tra'-kin-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ostrakon ["oyster"] (a tile, i.e. terra cotta)
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Strong’s Definitions

ὀστράκινος ostrákinos, os-tra'-kin-os; from ὄστρακον óstrakon ("oyster") (a tile, i.e. terra cotta); earthen-ware, i.e. clayey; by implication, frail:—of earth, earthen.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3749 in the following manner: earthen (1x), of earth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3749 in the following manner: earthen (1x), of earth (1x).

  1. earthen, clay

    1. with the added suggestion of frailty

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀστράκινος ostrákinos, os-tra'-kin-os; from ὄστρακον óstrakon ("oyster") (a tile, i.e. terra cotta); earthen-ware, i.e. clayey; by implication, frail:—of earth, earthen.
STRONGS G3749:
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 (Jer. 32:14); Isaiah 30:14, etc.; Hippocrates, Anthol. (others).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
30:14
Jeremiah
19:1; 19:11; 32:14; 39:14
2 Corinthians
4:7
2 Timothy
2:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3749 matches the Greek ὀστράκινος (ostrakinos),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:28 - (LXX 6:21) And the earthen vessel, in whichsoever it shall have been sodden, shall be broken; and if it shall have been sodden in a brazen vessel, he shall scour it and wash it with water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33 - And every earthen vessel into which one of these things shall fall, whatsoever is inside it, shall be unclean, and it shall be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - And the priest shall give direction, and they shall kill one bird over an earthen vessel over running water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50 - And he shall slay one bird in an earthen vessel over running water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - And the earthen vessel which he that has the issue shall happen to touch, shall be broken; and a wooden vessel shall be washed with water, and shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17 - And the priest shall take pure running water in an earthen vessel, and he shall take of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle of witness, and the priest having taken it shall cast it into the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - And the fall thereof shall be as the breaking of an earthen vessel, as small fragments of a pitcher, so that thou shouldest not find among them a sherd, with which thou mightest take up fire, and with which thou shouldest draw a little water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1 - Then said the Lord to me, Go and get an earthen bottle, the work of the potter, and thou shalt bring some of the elders of the people, and of the priests;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:11 - and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Thus will I break in pieces this people, and this city, even as an earthen vessel is broken in pieces which cannot be mended again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:14 - (LXX 39:14) Take this book of the purchase, and the book that has been read; and thou shalt put it into an earthen vessel, that it may remain many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2 - Beth. The precious sons of Zion, who were equalled in value with gold, how are they counted as earthen vessels, the works of the hands of the potter!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:9 - Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and bread-corn; and thou shalt cast them into one earthen vessel, and shalt make them into loaves for thyself; and thou shalt eat them a hundred and ninety days, according to the number of the days during which thou sleepest on thy side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:33 - its legs of iron, its feet, part of iron and part of earthenware.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34 - Thou sawest until a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and earthenware, and utterly reduced them to powder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41 - And whereas thou sawest the feet and the toes, part of earthenware and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet there shall be in it of the strength of iron, as thou sawest the iron mixed with earthenware.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:42 - And whereas the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of earthenware, part of the kingdom shall be strong, and part of it shall be broken.
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