ὈΣΤΡΑΚΟΝ, ὀστρακον
OSTRAKON, ostrakon
Sounds Like: OS-tra-kon
Translations: earthenware, a potsherd, a piece of pottery, pottery
From the root: ὈΣΤΡΑΚΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a piece of pottery, a potsherd, or generally to earthenware. It is often used to describe fragments of broken clay vessels. In ancient times, potsherds were commonly used for writing or as voting tokens.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3749 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 2:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 21:16
- Proverbs — 26:23
- Job — 2:8
- Sirach — 22:7
- Isaiah — 30:14
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 2:35, 2:45
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 2:35, 2:45
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 10:1
From the same root
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