Strong's Greek · G3749
ὀστράκινος
ostrákinos
of earth, earthen
Definition
earthen-ware, i.e. clayey; by implication, frail
Derivation
from ("oyster") (a tile, i.e. terra cotta);
Appears 2 times in Scripture
2 Corinthians 4:7
“Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.”
2 Timothy 2:20
“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.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).