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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 4 times in 4 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:21 - “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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 - “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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:12 - I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:3 - And I will appoint my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”
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