adjective

ostrakinem

Greekὀστράκινος (ostrakinos)

Strong’sG3749

made of earth

stem ostrakin-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

clay2×

What it means

ὀστράκινος -η, -ον

(< ὄστρακον, an earthen vessel or potsherd), [in LXX chiefly for חֶרֶשׂ;]

made of clay, earthen: II Co 4:7, II Ti 2:20.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3749 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidos-tra'-kin-os

earthen-ware, i.e. clayey; by implication, frail

Fromfrom ὄστρακον ("oyster") (a tile, i.e. terra cotta);

King Jamesof earth, earthen.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	ostrakinos	ostrakinas	ostrakinem	ostrakinois	ostrakinais	ostrakineim1×ὀστράκινα
object accusative	ostrakinon	ostrakinan		ostrakinoin	ostrakinain
direct address vocative	ostrakinor	ostrakinar		ostrakinoir	ostrakinair
of, belonging to genitive	ostrakinou	ostrakinau	ostrakineu	ostrakinoiu	ostrakinaiu	ostrakineiu
to, for dative	ostrakino	ostrakina	ostrakine	ostrakinoi	ostrakinai	ostrakinei1×ὀστρακίνοις

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

ostrakinstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ostrakin is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

ostrakineim“clay”subject or objectdirect plural1×

2 Timothy 2:20“clay”En mega de oikia ouk atō monem skeueim chrusoueim kai arguroueim alla kai xulineim kai ostrakineim, kai heim men eis timan heim de eis atimian;A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use.

ostrakinei“clay”to, fordative plural1×

2 Corinthians 4:7“clay”Echanō de ton thēsauron houton en ostrakinei skeuei, hina tas huperbolas tau dunamiau ateiō tou theou kai mē ek nu;Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.