What does ῥάκος (rhákos) mean in the Bible?
ῥάκος (rhákos): Specifically a worn, tattered cloth or rag rather than intact fabric; emphasizes deterioration.
Greek · G4470
ῥάκος
A cloth
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ῥάκοςG4470
Pronunciationrhákos
What does ῥάκος (rhákos) mean in the Bible?
ῥάκος (rhákos): Specifically a worn, tattered cloth or rag rather than intact fabric; emphasizes deterioration.
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How does the BSB render G4470?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include cloth (2).
Where does ῥάκος (rhákos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 9:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itcloth2×Matthew 9:16, Mark 2:21
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 9:16
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Mark1
Source forms
ῥάκους2xrhakousMatthew 9:16, Mark 2:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular2xMatthew 9:16, Mark 2:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Specifically a worn, tattered cloth or rag rather than intact fabric; emphasizes deterioration.
Strong'sG4470
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a cloth
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 9:16Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ῥάκουςrakouv
a piece of cloth
Read verseMark 2:21Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ῥάκουςrakouv
a piece of cloth
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · NeuterMatt 9:16 · Mark 2:212×
Word Origins
ῥάκος is built from this root:
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