Definition

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

Etymology

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

How the KJV renders it

• of earth
• earthen

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.