GreekG4526Noun (Masculine)

σάκκος

sakkos

4Occurrences
G4526Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

"sack"-cloth, i.e. mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief)

of Hebrew origin (H08242);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.a coarse cloth, sackcloth, usually made of hair
2.Anything made of sackcloth
(a)a sack (
(b)a garment of sackcloth, expressive of mourning or penitence

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

σάκκος appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
2
Luke
1
Matthew
1

Key Passages

Luke 10:13BSB

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Matthew 11:21BSB

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Revelation 11:3BSB

And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Revelation 6:12BSB

And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.