Strong's Greek: 4526. σάκκος (sakkos) -- Sackcloth

Strong's Lexicon

sakkos: Sackcloth

Original Word: σάκκος
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: sakkos
Pronunciation: sak'-kos
Phonetic Spelling: (sak'-kos)
Definition: Sackcloth
Meaning: sack-cloth, a sign of mourning.

Word Origin: Of Hebrew origin (H8242 - שַׂק, saq)

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: H8242 - שַׂק (saq)

Usage: The term "sakkos" refers to a coarse, rough fabric made from goat's hair, traditionally used for making sacks. In biblical contexts, it is often associated with mourning, repentance, and humility. Wearing sackcloth was a physical expression of inner sorrow or penitence.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, sackcloth was a common material used for making bags and sacks due to its durability. However, its use extended beyond the practical; it became a symbol of mourning and repentance. People would wear sackcloth during times of personal or communal grief, fasting, or when seeking God's mercy. The discomfort of the fabric served as a tangible reminder of one's humility and contrition before God.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
perhaps of Phoenician origin
Definition
sackcloth
NASB Translation
sackcloth (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4526: σάκκος

σάκκος (Attic σάκος), σάκκου, ὁ, Hebrew שַׂק (cf. Fremdwörter, under the word), a sack (Latinsaccus) i. e.

a. a receptacle made for holding or carrying various things, as money, food, etc. (; Leviticus 11:32).

b. a coarse cloth (Latincilicium), a dark coarse stuff made especially of the hair of animals (A. V. sackcloth): Revelation 6:12; a garment of the like material, and clinging to the person like a sack, which was usually worn (or drawn on over the tunic instead of the cloak or mantle) by mourners, penitents, suppliants, Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13, and also by those who, like the Hebrew prophets, led an austere life, Revelation 11:3 (cf. what is said of the dress of John the Baptist, Matthew 3:4; of Elijah, 2 Kings 1:8). More fully in Winers RWB under the word Sack; Roskoff in Schenkel 5:134; (under the word in B. D.; also in McClintock and Strong. (From Herodotus down.))

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

sackcloth.

Of Hebrew origin (saq); "sack"-cloth, i.e. Mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief) -- sackcloth.

see HEBREW saq

Forms and Transliterations

σάκκοις σάκκον σακκος σάκκος σάκκου σακκους σάκκους σακκω σάκκω σάκκῳ σάκκων sakko sakkō sákkoi sákkōi sakkos sákkos sakkous sákkous

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