noun · masculine

sakkos

Greekσάκκος (sakkos)

Strong’sG4526

sack-cloth

stem sakk-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

sackcloth4×

What it means

σάκκος also written σάκος, -ου, ὁ

(cf. Heb. שַׂק, which it renders in LXX),

1. a coarse cloth, sackcloth, usually made of hair: Re 6:12.

2. Anything made of sackcloth;

(a) a sack (Ge 42:25, al.);

(b) a garment of sackcloth, expressive of mourning or penitence: Mt 11:21, Lk 10:13, Re 11:3.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4526 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsak'-kos

"sack"-cloth, i.e. mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief)

Fromof Hebrew origin ();

King Jamessackcloth.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	sakkos1×σάκκος	sakkois
object accusative	sakkon	sakkoin1×σάκκους
direct address vocative	sakkor	sakkoir
of, belonging to genitive	sakkou	sakkoiu
to, for dative	sakko2×σάκκῳ	sakkoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

sakkstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

sakko is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

sakkos“sackcloth”subjectnominative singular1×

Revelation 6:12“sackcloth”Kai horama hote anoigata tan sfragian tan hektan, kai seismos megos gineta, kai tos hēlios gineta melanos hōs sakkos trichinos, kai tas selēnas holas gineta hōs haimem,And I watched as the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

sakko“sackcloth”to, fordative singular2×

Matthew 11:21“sackcloth”Ouai si, Chorazin; ouai si, Bēthsaida; hoti ei en Tura kai Sidōna ginela tais dunamiais tais gineratais en vi, palai an en sakko kai spoda metanoala.“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:13“sackcloth”Ouai si, Chorazin; ouai si, Bēthsaida; hoti ei en Tura kai Sidōna ginila tais dunamiais tais gineratais en vi, palai an en sakko kai spoda katherōtois metanoala.Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

sakkoin“sackcloth”objectaccusative plural1×

Revelation 11:3“sackcloth”kai dōami toi duo marturoi mu, kai profēteuali hēmerain chilioi diakosioi hexēkonta, periballerētois sakkoin.And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”