What does σάκκος (sákkos) mean in the Bible?
σάκκος (sákkos): Coarse garment signifying mourning or repentance, not mere fabric but symbolic of spiritual distress
Greek · G4526
σάκκος
Sackcloth
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σάκκος G4526
Pronunciation sákkos
What does σάκκος (sákkos) mean in the Bible?
σάκκος (sákkos): Coarse garment signifying mourning or repentance, not mere fabric but symbolic of spiritual distress
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4526?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sackcloth (4).
Where does σάκκος (sákkos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 11:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (2), Luke (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 sackcloth 4× Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13, Revelation 6:12, Revelation 11:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 11:21
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Luke 1 Revelation 2
Source forms
σάκκῳ 2x sakkō Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13
σάκκος 1x sakkos Revelation 6:12
σάκκους 1x sakkous Revelation 11:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 11:21, Luke 10:13
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 11:3
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 6:12
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Coarse garment signifying mourning or repentance, not mere fabric but symbolic of spiritual distress
Strong's G4526
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Jeremiah 6:22-26 Source Gloss
sackcloth
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Coarse garment signifying mourning or repentance, not mere fabric but symbolic of spiritual distress
(cf. Heb. שַׂק, which it renders in LXX),
1a coarse cloth, sackcloth, usually made of hair: Rev.6:12.
2Anything made of sackcloth;
aa sack (Gen.42:25, al.);
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 11:21 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
σάκκῳ sakkw
sack-cloth
Read verse Luke 10:13 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
σάκκῳ sakkw
sack-cloth
Read verse Revelation 6:12 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
σάκκος sakkov
sack-cloth
Read verse Revelation 11:3 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
σάκκους. sakkouv
sack-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 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rev 6:12 1×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 11:21 · Luke 10:13 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Rev 11:3 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Garment of mourning worn in response to impending judgment and disaster
Symbol of repentance and mourning worn by cities rejecting Jesus' message
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Cross-Language Connections
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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