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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ῥάκος G4470
Pronunciation rhákos
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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Questions this entry answers
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 It cloth 2× Matthew 9:16, Mark 2:21
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 9:16
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Matthew 1 Mark 1
Source forms
ῥάκους 2x rhakous Matthew 9:16, Mark 2:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 2x Matthew 9:16, Mark 2:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Specifically a worn, tattered cloth or rag rather than intact fabric; emphasizes deterioration.
Strong's G4470
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a cloth
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 9:16 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ῥάκους rakouv
a piece of cloth
Read verse Mark 2:21 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ῥάκους rakouv
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 patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 9:16 · Mark 2:21 2×
Word Origins
ῥάκος is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain