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σάκκος

sakkossackclothHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine4 occurrences3 books4 verses

Definition

σάκκος also written σάκος, -ου, ὁ

(cf. Heb. שַׂק, which it renders in LXX),

1. a coarse cloth, sackcloth, usually made of hair: Revelation 6:12.

2. Anything made of sackcloth;

(a) a sack (Genesis 42:25, al.);

(b) a garment of sackcloth, expressive of mourning or penitence: Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13, Revelation 11:3.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as σάκκος:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

4 total
  1. Matthew 11:21σάκκῳ · sackcloth
    “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.
  2. Luke 10:13σάκκῳ · sackcloth
    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.
  3. Revelation 6:12σάκκος · sackcloth
    And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
  4. Revelation 11:3σάκκους · sackcloth
    And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”