2001 Translation

ASKOUS, askous

Sounds Like: as-KOOS

Translations: wineskins, skins, leather bags

From the root: ΑΣΚΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to wineskins or leather bags, typically made from animal hides, used for holding liquids, especially wine. In ancient times, these were common containers for transport and storage. The word is used in a general sense to describe any such skin or bag.

Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G0779 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Matthew — 9:17
• Mark — 2:22
• Luke — 5:37, 5:38

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΣΚΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἈΣΚΩΝ — wineskin, a wineskin, leather bottle, a leather bottle, bag, a bag
• ΑΣΚΑΙ — wineskins, leather bottles, bags
• ΑΣΚΟΙ — wineskins, skins, leather bags
• ΑΣΚΟΝ — wineskin, a wineskin, leather bottle, a leather bottle
• ΑΣΚΟΣ — wineskin, a wineskin, leather bottle, a leather bottle

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