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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).)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 - ‘Also the earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then it shall be scoured and rinsed in water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:33 - ‘As for any earthenware vessel into which one of them may fall, whatever is in it becomes unclean, and you shall break [fn]the vessel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:5 - “The priest shall also give a command to slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over [fn]running water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:50 - and he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over [fn]running water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:12 - ‘However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:17 - and the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel; and the priest shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 -

Whose breaking is like the breaking of a potter’s jar,

[fn]So ruthlessly shattered

That a potsherd will not be found among its pieces

To [fn]take fire from a hearth

Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:1 -

Thus says Yahweh, “Go and buy a potter’s earthenware jar, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:11 - and you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury in Topheth [fn]because there is no other place for burial.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:14 - ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “Take these deeds—this deed of purchase—that is the sealed one as well as this open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, that they may [fn]last a long time.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:2 -

Beth

The precious sons of Zion,

Weighed against fine gold,

How they are regarded as earthen jars,

The work of a potter’s hands!

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“Now as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; set them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, 390 days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:33 - its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34 - “You [fn]continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:41 - “Now in that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron; it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with [fn]common clay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:42

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:42 - “And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle.
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