Sákkos — G4526

Definition

masculine noun

"sack"-cloth, i.e. mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief)

1. a receptacle made for holding or carrying various things, as money, food, etc
2. a coarse cloth (Latincilicium), a dark coarse stuff made especially of the hair of animals (A. V. sackcloth)

Usually translated as

sackcloth

Origin

of Hebrew origin (H8242)

Hebrew equivalents

• Saq (H8242)

Occurrences

Sákkos occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (1), Revelation (2)

• Matthew 11:21 — Woe 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 (σάκκῳ) and ashes.
• Luke 10:13 — Woe 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 (σάκκῳ) and ashes.
• Revelation 6:12 — And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth (σάκκος) of hair, and the moon became as blood;
• Revelation 11:3 — And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth (σάκκους).