GreekG4470Noun (Neuter)
ῥάκος
rhakos
“a cloth”
2Occurrences
G4470Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
a "rag," i.e. piece of cloth
from G4486 (ῥήγνυμι);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.a ragged garment .
2.a rag, remnant, piece of cloth
LXX: (5) (בֶּגֶד), (סְחָבָה), *
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Neuter)
Morphology Code
G:N-N
Full Description
Greek Noun, Neuter
Occurrences
ῥάκος appears 2 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Matthew
1
Mark
1
Key Passages
Matthew 9:16BSB
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. For the patch will pull away from the garment, and a worse tear will result.
Mark 2:21BSB
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.