Greek Word Study · Strong’s G4526
σάκκος
sakkos · “sackcloth”
Used 4 times across 3 books
Definition
σάκκος also written σάκος, -ου, ὁ
(cf. Heb. שַׂק, which it renders in LXX),
1. a coarse cloth, sackcloth, usually made of hair: Rev.6:12.
2. Anything made of sackcloth;
(a) a sack (Gen.42:25, al.);
(b) a garment of sackcloth, expressive of mourning or penitence: Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13, Rev.11:3.†
(cf. Heb. שַׂק, which it renders in LXX),
1. a coarse cloth, sackcloth, usually made of hair: Rev.6:12.
2. Anything made of sackcloth;
(a) a sack (Gen.42:25, al.);
(b) a garment of sackcloth, expressive of mourning or penitence: Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13, Rev.11:3.†
Where it appears
Matthew1
Luke1
Revelation2
In the text
Matthew 11:21Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.Luke 10:13Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.Revelation 6:12And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;Revelation 11:3And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
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