Strong G4526σάκκος
sackcloth
- Transliteration
- sakkos
- Pronunciation
- sak'-kos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of Hebrew origin [H8242]; sackcloth that is mohair (the material or garments made of it worn as a sign of grief): - sackcloth.
Detailed 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.†
(AS)
(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.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4526 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sackcloth4
First verses
- 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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Detailed Greek dictionary
σάκκος
or σάκος, ὁ, see entry near the end:— coarse cloth of hair, especially of goats' hair, σάκκος τρίχινος [LXX+NT (NT.Rev.6.12, cf. LXX.Isa.50.3, LXX.Sir.25.17.)]
II anything made of this cloth:
II.1 sack, bag, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.80, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 745, “Lys.” 1209, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.559,8.672:—as a measure, “Ostr.” 1096, +others)]
II.2 sieve, strainer, especially for wine, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 57, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.19; σ. τρίχινοι “PHamb.” 10.39 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.3 coarse garment, sackcloth, worn as mourning by the Jews, [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.37.34, NT.Luke.10.13, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.12.5, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.239c.)]
III coarse beard, like rough hair-cloth, σάκον πρὸς ταῖν γνάθοιν ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 502; compare σακεσφόρος 11.)] —The form σάκος is said to be Attic dialect, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 296, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 229, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus p.354 P., 13th-14th c.AD: Thomas Magister Grammaticus p.344)] R., etc.; while σάκκος is called Doric dialect by [Refs 6th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista [same place], Hellenic by 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus and 13th-14th c.AD: Thomas Magister Grammaticus [same places], Comic by 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.191. In 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 822, “Ec.” 502, σάκος is required by the metre, as is σάκκος in “Ach.” 745 (from Megarian), and in 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus [same place]; codices of 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus give σάκκος)]. Inscrr. have σάκος [Refs (“IG” 22.1672.73,74, 108 and σάκκος [prev. work] 198)]: Papyri have σάκος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 753.27 (3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 84.52 (2nd c.BC))], but oftener σάκκος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.427.1, 14 (3rd c.BC), “PTeb.” 116.3 (2nd c.BC))], etc. (Prob. the word, like the thing, was borrowed from Phoenicia, cf. Hebrew saq.)
or σάκος, ὁ, see entry near the end:— coarse cloth of hair, especially of goats' hair, σάκκος τρίχινος [LXX+NT (NT.Rev.6.12, cf. LXX.Isa.50.3, LXX.Sir.25.17.)]
II anything made of this cloth:
II.1 sack, bag, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.80, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 745, “Lys.” 1209, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 2.559,8.672:—as a measure, “Ostr.” 1096, +others)]
II.2 sieve, strainer, especially for wine, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 57, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.19; σ. τρίχινοι “PHamb.” 10.39 (2nd c.AD).)]
II.3 coarse garment, sackcloth, worn as mourning by the Jews, [LXX+NT+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Gen.37.34, NT.Luke.10.13, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.12.5, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.239c.)]
III coarse beard, like rough hair-cloth, σάκον πρὸς ταῖν γνάθοιν ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 502; compare σακεσφόρος 11.)] —The form σάκος is said to be Attic dialect, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 296, 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 229, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus p.354 P., 13th-14th c.AD: Thomas Magister Grammaticus p.344)] R., etc.; while σάκκος is called Doric dialect by [Refs 6th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista [same place], Hellenic by 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus and 13th-14th c.AD: Thomas Magister Grammaticus [same places], Comic by 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 7.191. In 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 822, “Ec.” 502, σάκος is required by the metre, as is σάκκος in “Ach.” 745 (from Megarian), and in 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus [same place]; codices of 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus give σάκκος)]. Inscrr. have σάκος [Refs (“IG” 22.1672.73,74, 108 and σάκκος [prev. work] 198)]: Papyri have σάκος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 753.27 (3rd c.BC), “UPZ” 84.52 (2nd c.BC))], but oftener σάκκος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PSI” 4.427.1, 14 (3rd c.BC), “PTeb.” 116.3 (2nd c.BC))], etc. (Prob. the word, like the thing, was borrowed from Phoenicia, cf. Hebrew saq.)