Strong G4470ῥάκος
a cloth
- Transliteration
- rhakos
- Pronunciation
- hrak'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G4486; a rag i. e. piece of cloth: - cloth.
Detailed definition
ῥάκος, -ους, τό
[in LXX: Isa.64:6 (5) (בֶּגֶד), Jer.38:11 (סְחָבָה), Est.4:17 *;]
1. a ragged garment (Hom.).
2. a rag, remnant, piece of cloth: Mat.9:16, Mrk.2:21.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Isa.64:6 (5) (בֶּגֶד), Jer.38:11 (סְחָבָה), Est.4:17 *;]
1. a ragged garment (Hom.).
2. a rag, remnant, piece of cloth: Mat.9:16, Mrk.2:21.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4470 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cloth2
First verses
- Matthew 9:16No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.
- Mark 2:21No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ῥάκος [ᾰ], εος, τό,
ragged, tattered garment, δὸς ῥ. ἀμφιβαλέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.178, compare 13.434, 14.342, 349 (never in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”))]; ἀνθ᾽ ἱματίου μὲν ἔχειν ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 540; ῥ. φορεῖ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 204.6, “PPetr.” 3p.115 (3rd c.BC),compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 146:)] frequently in plural ῥάκεα, _Attic dialect_ ῥάκη, rags, tatters, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.512, 18.67, 74, 19.507, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.129, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 39, 274; ἐν ῥάκεσι περιφθείρεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 9.10.)]
2 generally, strip of cloth, ῥάκεα φοινίκεα [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.76, cf. NT.Matt.9.16, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 35.3)]: even a strip of flesh, σώματος ῥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1023.)]
3 collectively, rag, lint, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.36; ῥάκη λινᾶ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.75.15.)]
II in plural also, rents in the face, wrinkles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1065.)]
III metaphorically, rag, remnant, εἰκάσαι τὸ ἐρείπιον ῥάκει οἰκίας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Anonymus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1413a6)]; of an old seaman, ἁλίοιο βίου ῥ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.242 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus), compare 7.380 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 32.)] —The _Aeolic dialect_ form βράκος (which see), used of a garment, lacks the sense 'ragged'.
ragged, tattered garment, δὸς ῥ. ἀμφιβαλέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 6.178, compare 13.434, 14.342, 349 (never in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”))]; ἀνθ᾽ ἱματίου μὲν ἔχειν ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 540; ῥ. φορεῖ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 204.6, “PPetr.” 3p.115 (3rd c.BC),compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 146:)] frequently in plural ῥάκεα, _Attic dialect_ ῥάκη, rags, tatters, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.512, 18.67, 74, 19.507, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.129, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 39, 274; ἐν ῥάκεσι περιφθείρεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator “Epistulae” 9.10.)]
2 generally, strip of cloth, ῥάκεα φοινίκεα [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.76, cf. NT.Matt.9.16, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Tactica” 35.3)]: even a strip of flesh, σώματος ῥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1023.)]
3 collectively, rag, lint, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ νούσων” 2.36; ῥάκη λινᾶ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.75.15.)]
II in plural also, rents in the face, wrinkles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1065.)]
III metaphorically, rag, remnant, εἰκάσαι τὸ ἐρείπιον ῥάκει οἰκίας [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Anonymus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1413a6)]; of an old seaman, ἁλίοιο βίου ῥ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.242 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus), compare 7.380 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tim.” 32.)] —The _Aeolic dialect_ form βράκος (which see), used of a garment, lacks the sense 'ragged'.