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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 - Then Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:35 - As they emptied their sacks, 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 - And anything upon which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or a garment or a skin or a sack, any vessel that is used for any purpose; it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - they on their part acted with cunning, and went and made ready provisions, and took worn-out sacks upon their asses, and wineskins, worn-out and torn and mended,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - Then David said to Jo'ab and to all the people who were with him, "Rend your clothes, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner." And King David followed the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 - Then Rizpah the daughter of Ai'ah took sackcloth, and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell upon them from the heavens; and she did not allow the birds of the air to come upon them by day, or the beasts of the field by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - And his servants said to him, "Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings; let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your 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 went to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-ha'dad says, 'Pray, let me live.'" And he said, "Does he still live? He is my brother."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:16 - And as soon as 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 - And when Ahab heard those words, he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about dejectedly.

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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 rent his clothes--now he was passing by upon the wall--and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath upon his body--

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:1 - When King Hezeki'ah heard it, he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - And he sent Eli'akim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon 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 people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth upon their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - When Mor'decai learned all that had been done, Mor'decai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, wailing with a loud and bitter cry;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - he went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and most of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - When Esther's maids and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed; she sent garments to clothe Mor'decai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:15 - I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my strength in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - But I, when they were sick--I wore sackcloth, I afflicted myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed on 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 - Instead of perfume there will be rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - in the streets they gird on sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares every one wails and melts in tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2 - at that time the LORD had spoken by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go, and loose the sackcloth from your loins and take off your shoes from your feet," and he had done so, walking naked and barefoot--

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:12 - In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and girding with sackcloth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:11 - Tremble, you women who are at ease, shudder, you complacent ones; strip, and make yourselves bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:1 - When King Hezeki'ah heard it, he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - And he sent Eli'akim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, clothed with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah 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 such the fast that I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it to bow down his head like a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? Will you call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - For this gird you with 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, gird on sackcloth, and roll in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; 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 shaved and every beard cut off; upon all the hands are gashes, and on the loins is sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - "Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is laid waste! Cry, O daughters of Rabbah! Gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro among the hedges! For Milcom shall go into exile, 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 in silence; they have cast dust on their heads and put on sackcloth; the maidens 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 gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror covers them; shame is upon all faces, and baldness on all their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and supplications with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Lament 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 on sackcloth and lament, O priests, wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because cereal offering and 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 - I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness on every head; I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and the end of it like a bitter day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 - And the people of Nin'eveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - Then tidings reached the king of Nin'eveh, and he arose from his throne, removed his robe, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8 - but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them cry mightily to God; yea, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence which is in his hands.
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