Quick Definition
ὀστράκινος, η, ον Adj made of earth
Strong's Definition
from ostrakon ("oyster") (a tile, i.e. terra cotta); earthen-ware, i.e. clayey; by implication, frail
KJV Usage: of earth, earthen
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀστράκινος, -7, -ov, (ὄστρακον baked clay), made of clay, earthen: σκεύη ὀστράκινα, 2 Tim. il. 20; with the added suggestion of frailty, 2 Co. iv. 7. (Jer. xix. 1, 11; xxxix. (xxxii.) 14; Is. xxx. 14, ete.; Hippocer., Anthol., [al.].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀστράκινος ostrakinos 2x
earthen, of earthenware, 2 Cor. 4:7; 2 Tim. 2:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
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.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀστράκινος ἐστιν té, ἀπὸ ὥρας 8, “ to-morrow, which is the 15th, at nine o'clock,” P Fay 1087 (c. A.D. 171) ἐχθὲς ἥτις ἣν ιθ τοῦ [ὄντος μηνὸς Θώθ, ““ yesterday which was the 19th of the present month Thoth,” and many similar exx. See also P Oxy I. 405 (a doctor’s claim for immunity from some form τούτους αὐτοὺς οἵτινές pe εἰς AeTolu]p[y]iav δεδωκασὶ ἐθεράπευσα, “1 am a doctor by profession and I have treated these very persons who have assigned me a public burden’”’ (Edd.). With the indefinite use of ὅστις = ‘‘ whosoever” in Mt 5°? cf. P Par 5741249 (iii/A.p.) (= Selections, p. 113) ἐξορκίζω σε ϑαῖμον, ὅστις ποτ᾽ οὖν εἶ, “1 adjure thee, O demon, whoever thou art,” and similarly Wiinsch 4 ¥F 4} (iii/A.p.). For the neut. ὅ tesee P Tebt II. 4114 (ii/A.p.) παραγενόμενος yap εἴσῃ ὅ τι ποτέ ἐστιν, “ΤῸ when you come you will know what it means ” (Edd.) ; and note the curious combination in P Gen I. 5455. (iv/A.D.) οἶδας τὴν προέρεσιν μου 6 τι ὁποίαν προέρεσιν ἔχω καὶ οἶδας τὴν γνώμην pov 6 τι γν[ώμη ὁποία ἐστιν, and in BGU II. 601?° (ii/a.p.) γράψον μοι περὶ τῆς οἰκίας, 6 τι τί ἔπραξας. Other exx. are P Eleph 17 (B.c. 311-10) (= Se/ections, p- 3 amended), ἐπιδειξάτω δὲ “HpakdelSns 6 τι ἂν ἐγκαλῆι Δημητρίαι, ‘but let Heraclides state whatever charge he brings against Demetria,” P Rev L*!v- (p.c. 258) 8 τι ἂν ἡ ὠ]νὴ διὰ τούτους καταβλάβηι διπλοῦν, ‘ twice the amount of the loss which they may have incurred on account of these (workmen) ’’ (Edd.), PSI IV. 4159 (iii/B.c.) καθ᾽ 6 τι ἄν σου τυγχάνηι [χρ]εία[ν] ἔχων, 24. VI. 6231 (iii/B.c.) σὺ καλῶς ποήσεις δοὺς τῆι παιδίσκηι ὅ τι ἄν σοι δόξηι, and P Tebt IT. 38329 (A.D. 46) ὅ τι δ᾽ ἂν τῶν προγεγραμμένων παρασυνγρα]φῇ τις τῶν ὁμολογούντων, ‘ whichever of the aforesaid provisions any one may violate.” Cf. PSI V. 5338 (iii/B.c.) λόφους τριχίνους 6 τι βελτίστους ¥. On the whole ὅστις is comparatively rare in the papyri, and where found is generally in the nom. as in the NT, rarely acc. as P Lond 77® (end of vi/A.p.) (=I. 235, Chrest. Il. p. 372) ἥντινα (διαθήκην) πεποίημαί σοι cis ἀσφάλειαν. Ἔξ ὅτου is found in P Lond 1901} (iii/A.D. Ὁ) (= II. p. 254), and ἕως ὅτου (NT guznguies) in P Gen I. 5619 (a.D. 346) ἕως ὅτου ἀποδῶ τὸ χρέως. Reference may be made to an art. in 78. xiii. (1923), p. 150 ff. on ‘* The Relative Pronouns in Acts and Elsewhere,” in which H. J. Cadbury comes to the conclusion ‘‘ that the indefinite relative is merely a synonymous substitute for the simpler form in many ΚΚοινή writings” including most New Testament writings. A good ex. of the interchange of ὅστις and ὅς is to be found in Diodor. xiv. 101. 1 ἥτις ἂν ὑπὸ τῶν “Λευκανῶν λεηλατηθῇ ----οἧς δ᾽ ἂν πόλεως (cited by Radermacher Gr. p. 185).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὀστράκινος (ostrakinos) — clay. ὀστρᾰκ-ῐνος, η, ον, earthen, made of clay, of vessels, [NT+5th c.BC+]
2. like earthenware, ὀστράκινατὸ δέρμα, ={ὀστρακόδερμα}, variant in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]