Strong's Lexicon
G4526 — σάκκος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4526 |
|---|---|
| Word: | σάκκος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | of Hebrew origin (H8242) |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | sakkos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | sak'-kos |
| Meaning: | 1. "sack"-cloth, i.e. mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief) |
| KJV Renderings: | sackcloth |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σάκκος (Attic σάκος), σάκκου, ὁ, Hebrew ùÇÒ÷ (cf. Fremdwצrter, under the word), a sack (Latinsaccus) i. e.
a. a receptacle made for holding or carrying various things, as money, food, etc. (; Lev 11:32).
b. a coarse cloth (Latincilicium), a dark coarse stuff made especially of the hair of animals (A. V. sackcloth): Rev 6:12; a garment of the like material, and clinging to the person like a sack, which was usually worn (or drawn on over the tunic instead of the cloak or mantle) by mourners, penitents, suppliants, Mat 11:21; Luk 10:13, and also by those who, like the Hebrew prophets, led an austere life, Rev 11:3 (cf. what is said of the dress of John the Baptist, Mat 3:4; of Elijah, 2Ki 1:8). More fully in Winers RWB under the word Sack; Roskoff in Schenkel 5:134; (under the word in B. D.; also in McClintock and Strong. (From Herodotus down.))
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σάκκος (sackcloth)
Matthew 11:21
- KJV: Woe unto thee Chorazin woe unto thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes
- GK: ουαί σοι Χοραζίν ουαί σοι Βηθσαϊδά ότι ει εν Τύρω και Σιδώνι εγένοντο αι δυνάμεις αι γενόμεναι εν υμίν πάλαι αν εν σάκκω και σποδώ μετενόησαν
Luke 10:13
- KJV: Woe unto thee Chorazin woe unto thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which have been done in you they had a great while ago repented sitting in sackcloth and ashes
- GK: ουαί σοι Χωραζίν ουαί σοι Βηθσαϊδά ότι ει εν Τύρω και Σιδώνι εγένοντο αι δυνάμεις αι γενόμεναι εν υμίν πάλαι αν εν σάκκω και σποδώ καθήμεναι μετενόησαν
Revelation 6:12
- KJV: And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal and lo there was a great earthquake and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon became as blood
- GK: και είδον και ότε ήνοιξε την σφραγίδα την έκτην και σεισμός μέγας εγένετο και ο ήλιος μέλας εγένετο ως σάκκος τρίχινος και η σελήνη εγένετο ως αίμα
Revelation 11:3
- KJV: And I will give unto my two witnesses and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred threescore days clothed in sackcloth
- GK: και δώσω τοις δυσί μάρτυσί μου και προφητεύσουσιν ημέρας χιλίας διακοσίας εξήκοντα περιβεβλημένοι σάκκους