Everyday object in Scripture

Sackcloth in Scripture

Rough cloth associated with mourning and repentance.

Study note: read each object in its immediate biblical context. Where shown, Strong’s links are drawn from the site’s local KJV Strong’s-token data.

Basic meaning

Rough cloth associated with mourning and repentance.

Sackcloth is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.

Local Strong’s evidence

The following local KJV Strong’s-token matches are connected with the listed references for this item.

ReferenceKJV wordingStrong’sMatched wording
Jonah 3:5on sackclothH8242Sackcloth
Revelation 11:3in sackclothG4526Sackcloth

Expanded Strong’s occurrence references

Occurrence precision: tighter lexical range. Best used as a direct lexical occurrence set, while still checking the surrounding verse context.

This table follows the content Strong’s numbers for this entry into the local KJV Strong’s occurrence index.

Expanded occurrences
52
Unique references
50
Books represented
22
Strong’s numbers
G4526, H8242

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Verse references

These links open the local NET Bible chapter context where available.