Strong G779ἀσκός
wineskin
- Transliteration
- askos
- Pronunciation
- as-kos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From the same as G778; a leathern (or skin) bag used as a bottle: - bottle.
Detailed definition
ἀσκός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX for חֵמֶת, נֹאד, נֶבֶל;]
a leather bottle, wine-skin: Mat.9:17, Mrk.2:22, Luk.5:37-38.†
(AS)
[in LXX for חֵמֶת, נֹאד, נֶבֶל;]
a leather bottle, wine-skin: Mat.9:17, Mrk.2:22, Luk.5:37-38.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G779 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bottle4
First verses
- Matthew 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
- Mark 2:22And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
- Luke 5:37And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
- Luke 5:38But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀσκός, ὁ,
skin, hide, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PFay. 121.9 (1st-2nd c.AD))]; but usually, skin made into a bag, especially wineskin, οἶνον.. ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.247, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.78; ἀσκὸν.. μέλανος οἴνοιο 5.265, 9.196)]; ἀσκὸς βοός, of the bag in which Aeolus bottled up the winds, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.19, compare 45, 57)]; ἀσκοὺς καμήλων skins of camel's hide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.9)]; ἀ. Μαρσύεω bag made from the skin of Marsyas, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.26; ἀ. ἀφύσητος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 47; εἴ μοι ἡ δορὰ μὴ εἰς ἀσκὸν τελευτήσει ὥσπερ ἡ Μαρσύου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 285c; ἀσκοῖς καὶ θυλάκοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.23, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26)]; ἀσκοὶ πεφυσαμένοι, of mankind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 246; ἄνθρωποι κενεῆς οἰήσιος ἔμπλεοι ἀ. Timo 11)]; ἀσκός, of the human skin, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.462.)]
2 paunch, belly, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 72)]; in oracular language, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 679, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 3.)]
3 bellows, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.28.15, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.456d.)]
4 bagpipes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 4.459.)]
5 proverbial, wineskin, of a toper, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 19: proverbial, ἀεί ποτ᾽ εὖ μὲν ἀ. εὖ δὲ θύλακος ἅνθρωπός ἐστι 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 85)]; “ἀσκός, πέλεκυς” in a child's game, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 5.5)]; ἀσκὸν δείρειν flay alive, hence, abuse, maltreat, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 442)]:—passive, ἀσκὸς δεδάρθαι[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 33.7.)]
skin, hide, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (PFay. 121.9 (1st-2nd c.AD))]; but usually, skin made into a bag, especially wineskin, οἶνον.. ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.247, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.78; ἀσκὸν.. μέλανος οἴνοιο 5.265, 9.196)]; ἀσκὸς βοός, of the bag in which Aeolus bottled up the winds, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.19, compare 45, 57)]; ἀσκοὺς καμήλων skins of camel's hide, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.9)]; ἀ. Μαρσύεω bag made from the skin of Marsyas, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 7.26; ἀ. ἀφύσητος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 47; εἴ μοι ἡ δορὰ μὴ εἰς ἀσκὸν τελευτήσει ὥσπερ ἡ Μαρσύου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 285c; ἀσκοῖς καὶ θυλάκοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.4.23, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.26)]; ἀσκοὶ πεφυσαμένοι, of mankind, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 246; ἄνθρωποι κενεῆς οἰήσιος ἔμπλεοι ἀ. Timo 11)]; ἀσκός, of the human skin, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.462.)]
2 paunch, belly, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 72)]; in oracular language, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 679, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 3.)]
3 bellows, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 21.28.15, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 10.456d.)]
4 bagpipes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 4.459.)]
5 proverbial, wineskin, of a toper, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 19: proverbial, ἀεί ποτ᾽ εὖ μὲν ἀ. εὖ δὲ θύλακος ἅνθρωπός ἐστι 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 85)]; “ἀσκός, πέλεκυς” in a child's game, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 5.5)]; ἀσκὸν δείρειν flay alive, hence, abuse, maltreat, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 442)]:—passive, ἀσκὸς δεδάρθαι[Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 33.7.)]