What does ἀσκός (askós) mean in the Bible?
ἀσκός (askós): Leather container for wine or liquids; symbolizes inability to contain new spiritual reality.
Greek · G779
ἀσκός
A leathern (or skin) bag used as a bottle
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ἀσκός G779
Pronunciation askós
What does ἀσκός (askós) mean in the Bible?
ἀσκός (askós): Leather container for wine or liquids; symbolizes inability to contain new spiritual reality.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G779?
The BSB source-word alignment has 12 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include wineskins (9), skins (3).
Where does ἀσκός (askós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 9:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (4), Mark (4), Matthew (4).
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 wineskins 9× Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, Luke 5:37, Luke 5:38
skins 3× Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, Luke 5:37
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 9:17 ἀσκοὺς to wineskins Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Matthew 9:17 ἀσκοί to skins Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 9:17 ἀσκοὶ to wineskins Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Matthew 9:17 ἀσκοὺς to wineskins Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Mark 2:22 ἀσκοὺς to wineskins Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Mark 2:22 ἀσκούς to skins Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Mark 2:22 ἀσκοί to wineskins Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 2:22 ἀσκοὺς to wineskins Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 5:37 ἀσκοὺς to wineskins Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Luke 5:37 ἀσκούς to skins Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 9:17
Aligned rows 12
Books represented 3
Matthew 4 Mark 4 Luke 4
Source forms
ἀσκοὺς 6x askous Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, Luke 5:37, Luke 5:38
ἀσκοί 2x askoi Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22
ἀσκοὶ 2x askoi Matthew 9:17, Luke 5:37
ἀσκούς 2x askous Mark 2:22, Luke 5:37
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 8x Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, Luke 5:37, Luke 5:38
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 4x Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, Luke 5:37
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Leather container for wine or liquids; symbolizes inability to contain new spiritual reality.
Strong's G779
Lexical occurrences 12 verses Greek text appearances 12 times Word forms 2 forms 12 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a leathern (or skin) bag used as a bottle
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Leather container for wine or liquids; symbolizes inability to contain new spiritual reality.
a leather bottle, wine-skin: Mat.9:17, Mrk.2:22, Luk.5:37-38.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
12 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 9:17 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀσκοὺς askouv
a wine-skin
Read verse Matthew 9:17 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀσκοί, askoi
a wine-skin
Read verse Matthew 9:17 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀσκοὶ askoi
a wine-skin
Read verse Matthew 9:17 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀσκοὺς askouv
a wine-skin
Read verse Mark 2:22 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀσκοὺς askouv
a wine-skin
Read verse Mark 2:22 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀσκούς, askouv
a wine-skin
Read verse Mark 2:22 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀσκοὶ askoi
a wine-skin
Read verse Mark 2:22 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀσκοὺς askouv
a wine-skin
Read verse Luke 5:37 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀσκοὺς askouv
a wine-skin
Read verse Luke 5:37 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀσκούς, askouv
a wine-skin
Read verse Luke 5:37 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀσκοὶ askoi
a wine-skin
Read verse Luke 5:38 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀσκοὺς askouv
a wine-skin
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 2 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 2 Aligned forms 12 Case pattern Accusative (8) Number pattern Plural (12)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 9:17 · Mark 2:22 · Luke 5:37 4×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 9:17 · Mark 2:22 · Luke 5:37 · Luke 5:38 8×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 5:33–39 ἀσκοὺς askós
Wineskins
Mark 2:18–22 ἀσκός askós
wineskin
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 12 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀσκός is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
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