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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 Box Gen 37:34

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:25 - Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain and to restore every man’s money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. And thus it was done for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:35 - Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - ‘Also anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden article, or clothing, or a skin, or a sack—any article [fn]of which use is made—it shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - they also acted craftily and [fn]set out as envoys, and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins worn-out and torn and [fn]mended,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and lament before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 - And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until [fn]it rained on them from the sky; and she [fn]allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - His servants said to him, “Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings, please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save your [fn]life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:16 - When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 - It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put [fn]on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about [fn]despondently.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:30 - When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes—now he was passing by on the wall—and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth [fn]beneath on his [fn]body.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:1 - And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1 - Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel assembled with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - When Mordecai learned all that had been done, [fn]he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - He went as far as the king’s gate, for no one was to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - Then Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her, and the queen writhed in great anguish. And she sent garments to clothe Mordecai that he might remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:15 - “I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
And thrust my horn in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled my soul with fasting,
And my prayer kept returning to my bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11 - When I made sackcloth my clothing,
I became a byword to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - Now it will come about that instead of [fn]sweet perfume there will be putrefaction;
Instead of a belt, a rope;
Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp;
Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth;
And branding instead of beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth;
On their housetops and in their squares
Everyone is wailing, [fn]dissolved in tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2 - at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, “Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your shoes off your feet.” And he did so, going naked and barefoot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:12 - Therefore in that day the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:11 - Tremble, you women who are at ease;
Be troubled, you complacent daughters;
Strip, undress and put sackcloth on your waist,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:1 - And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:3 - “I clothe the heavens with blackness
And make sackcloth their covering.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - “Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself?
Is it for bowing [fn]one’s head like a reed
And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed?
Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - “For this, put on sackcloth,
Lament and wail;
For the fierce anger of the LORD
Has not turned back from us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
And roll in ashes;
[fn]Mourn as for an only son,
A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - “For every head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - “Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed!
Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah,
Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,
And rush back and forth inside the walls;
For [fn]Malcam will go into exile
Together with his priests and his princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - The elders of the daughter of Zion
Sit on the ground, they are silent.
They have thrown dust on their heads;
They have girded themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Have bowed their heads to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:18 - ‘They will gird themselves with sackcloth and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces and baldness on all their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - So I [fn]gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth
For the bridegroom of her youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 - Gird yourselves with sackcloth
And lament, O priests;
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - “Then I will turn your festivals into mourning
And all your songs into [fn]lamentation;
And I will bring sackcloth on everyone’s loins
And baldness on every head.
And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son,
And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 - Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the [fn]ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8 - “But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let [fn]men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in [fn]his hands.
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