Word study · Greek
ostrákinos
made of clay
Say it: os-TRAK-ee-nos (approximate)
ὀστράκινος
What it means
Made of baked clay, like pottery. In 4:7 Paul says the treasure is held in "clay vessels," cheap, common, and fragile. The related word ostrakon means a broken piece of pottery.
Range of meaning
- ClayBaked earth.
- FragileEasily broken.
In 2 Corinthians
- Chapter 4
"In clay vessels" (4:7).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G3749 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources