Sackcloth
σάκκοςStrong’s G4526sakkos
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sakkos is the Greek word usually translated “sackcloth”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“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 and ashes.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sackcloth”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sackcloth 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 2
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
σάκκος sakkos · sackcloth
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sackcloth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SACK'CLOTH, noun
[sack and cloth.]
Cloth of which sacks are made; coarse cloth. This word is chiefly used in Scripture to denote a cloth or garment worn in mourning, distress or mortification.
- “Gird you with sackcloth and mourn before Abner” 2 Samuel 3:31
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.