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Lexicon :: Strong's G4526 - sakkos

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σάκκος
Transliteration
sakkos (Key)
Pronunciation
sak'-kos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin שַׂק (H8242)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:56,995

Strong’s Definitions

σάκκος sákkos, sak'-kos; of Hebrew origin (H8242); "sack"-cloth, i.e. mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief):—sackcloth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4526 in the following manner: sackcloth (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4526 in the following manner: sackcloth (4x).

  1. a sack

    1. a receptacle for holding or carrying various things, as money, food, etc.

    2. a course cloth, a dark course stuff made especially from the hair of animals

    3. a garment of the like material, and clinging to the person like a sack, which was wont to be worn (or drawn over the tunic instead of the cloak or mantle) by mourners, penitents, suppliants and also by those who like the Hebrew prophets, lead an austere life

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
σάκκος sákkos, sak'-kos; of Hebrew origin (H8242); "sack"-cloth, i.e. mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief):—sackcloth.
STRONGS G4526:
σάκκος (Attic σάκος), σάκκου, ὁ, Hebrew שַׂק (cf. Fremdwörter, under the word), a sack (Latinsaccus) i. e.
a. a receptacle made for holding or carrying various things, as money, food, etc. (; Leviticus 11:32).
b. a coarse cloth (Latincilicium), a dark coarse stuff made especially of the hair of animals (A. V. sackcloth): Revelation 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, Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13, and also by those who, like the Hebrew prophets, led an austere life, Revelation 11:3 (cf. what is said of the dress of John the Baptist, Matthew 3:4; of Elijah, 2 Kings 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.))
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
11:32
2 Kings
1:8
Matthew
3:4; 11:21
Luke
10:13
Revelation
6:12; 11:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4526 matches the Greek σάκκος (sakkos),
which occurs 49 times in 47 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:25 - And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to return their money to each into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and it was so done to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:35 - And it came to pass as they were emptying their sacks, there was each man's bundle of money in his sack; and they and their father saw their bundles of money, and they were afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - And on whatsoever one of their dead bodies shall fall it shall be unclean; whatever wooden vessel, or garment, or skin, or sack it may be, every vessel in which work should be done, shall be dipped in water, and shall be unclean till evening; and then it shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - And they also wrought craftily, and they went and made provision and prepared themselves; and having taken old sacks on their shoulders, and old and rent and patched bottles of wine,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - And David said to Joab and to all the people with him, Rend your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament before Abenner. And king David followed the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - And David enquired of God concerning the child, and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 - And Respha the daughter of Aia took sackcloth, and fixed it for herself on the rock in the beginning of barley harvest, until water dropped upon them out of heaven: and she did not suffer the birds of the air to rest upon them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - (LXX 21:31) And he said to his servants, I know that the kings of Israel are [fn]merciful kings: let us now put sackcloth upon our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and let us go forth to the king of Israel, if by any means he will save our souls alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - (LXX 21:32) So they girt sackcloth upon their loins, and put ropes upon their heads, and said to the king of Israel, Thy servant the son of Ader says, Let our [fn]souls live, I pray thee. And he said, Does he yet live? He is my brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:16 - (LXX 20:16) And it came to pass, when Achaab heard that Nabuthai the Jezraelite was dead, that he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth. And it came to pass afterward, that Achaab arose and went down to the vineyard of Nabuthai the Jezraelite, [fn]to take possession of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 - (LXX 20:27) And because of the word, Achaab was pierced with sorrow [fn]before the Lord, and he both went weeping, and rent his garment, and girt sackcloth upon his body, and fasted; he put on sackcloth also in the day that he smote Nabuthai the Jezraelite, and went his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:30 - And it came to pass, when the king of Israel heard the words of the woman, that he rent his garments; and he passed by on the wall, and the people saw sackcloth within upon his flesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:1 - And it came to pass when king Ezekias heard it, that he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priests, clothed with [fn]sackcloth, to Esaias the prophet the son of Amos.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord, standing between the earth and the heaven, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem: and David and the elders clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1 - Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel assembled with fasting, and in sackcloths, and with ashes on their head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - But Mardochæus having perceived what was done, rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself; and having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - And he came to the king's gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace, wearing sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - And the queen's maids and chamberlains went in and told her: and when she had heard what was done, she was disturbed; and she sent to clothe Mardochæus, and take away his sackcloth; but he consented not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:15 - They sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and my strength has been spent on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - (LXX 29:12) Thou hast turned my mourning into joy for me: thou hast rent off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - (LXX 34:13) But I, when they troubled me, put on sackcloth, and humbled my soul with fasting: and my prayer shall return to my own bosom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11 - (LXX 68:12) And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - And there shall be instead of a sweet smell, dust; and instead of a girdle, thou shalt gird thyself with a rope; and instead of a golden ornament for the head, thou shalt have baldness on account of thy works; and instead of a tunic with a scarlet ground, thou shalt gird thyself with sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - Gird yourselves with sackcloth in her streets: and lament upon her roofs, and in her streets, and in her ways; howl all of you with weeping.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2 - then the Lord spoke to Esaias the son of Amos, saying, Go and take the sackcloth off thy loins, and loose thy sandals from off thy feet, and do thus, going naked and barefoot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:12 - And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and [fn]baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:11 - Be amazed, be pained, ye confident ones: strip you, bare yourselves, gird your loins;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:1 - And it came to pass, when king Ezekias heard it, that he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went up to the house of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priests clothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the son of Amos, the prophet. And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:3 - I will clothe the sky with darkness, and will make its covering as sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - I have not chosen this fast, nor such a day for a man to afflict his soul; neither though thou shouldest bend down thy neck as a ring, and spread under thee sackcloth and ashes, neither thus shall ye call a fast acceptable.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - For these things gird yourselves with sackclothes, and lament, and howl: for the anger of the Lord is not turned away from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of my people, gird thyself with sackcloth: sprinkle thyself with ashes; make for thyself pitiable lamentation, as the mourning for a beloved son: for misery will come suddenly upon you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - (LXX 31:37) They shall all have their heads shaved in every place, and every beard shall be shaved; and all hands shall beat the breasts, and on all loins shall be sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - (LXX 30:19) Howl, O Esebon, for Gai has perished; cry, ye daughters of Rabbath, gird yourselves with sackclothes, and lament; for Melchol shall go into banishment, his priests and his princes together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - Jod. The elders of the daughter of Sion have sat upon the ground, they have kept silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloths: they have brought down to the ground the chief virgins in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:18 - And they shall gird themselves with sackcloth, and amazement shall cover them; and shame shall be upon them, even upon every face, and baldness upon every head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - And I set my face toward the Lord God, to seek him diligently by prayer and supplications, with fastings and sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Lament to me more than a virgin girded with sackcloth for the [fn]husband of her youth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 - Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests: mourn, ye that serve at the altar: go in, sleep in sackcloths, ye that minister to God: for the meat-offering and drink-offering are withheld from the house of your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make them as the mourning of a beloved friend, and those with them as a day of grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 - And the men of Nineve believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloths, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - And the word reached the king of Nineve, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his raiment from him, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8 - So men and cattle were clothed with sackcloths, and cried earnestly to God; and they turned every one from their evil way, and from the iniquity that was in their hands, saying,
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