ΣΑΚΚΟΝ, σακκον
SAKKON, sakkon
Sounds Like: SAK-kon
Translations: sackcloth, a sackcloth
From the root: ΣΑΚΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: Sackcloth was a coarse, dark cloth, often made of goat's hair, worn as a sign of mourning, repentance, or distress in ancient times. It was typically worn directly against the skin or as an outer garment. This form of the word is used when it is the direct object of a verb or preposition.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Accusative
Strong’s number: G4526 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 3:2
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 4:1, 4:2, 4:3, 4:4
- Judith — 8:5, 9:1, 10:3
- Psalms — 29:12, 34:13, 68:12
- Isaiah — 20:2, 37:1, 50:3, 58:5
- Jeremiah — 6:26
- Joel — 1:8
- Jonah — 3:6
- Epistle of Barnabas — 3:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 15:4
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 37:34, 42:25
- 2 Samuel — 21:10
- 1 Kings — 20:16, 20:27
- 2 Kings — 6:30, 19:1
- Esther — 4:1, 4:2, 4:3, 4:4
- Judith — 8:5, 9:1, 10:3
- Psalms — 29:12, 34:13, 68:12
- Psalms of Solomon — 2:21
- Job — 16:16
- Sirach — 25:17
- Isaiah — 3:24, 20:2, 37:1, 50:3, 58:5
- Jeremiah — 6:26
- Baruch — 4:20
- Amos — 8:10
- Joel — 1:8
- Jonah — 3:6
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΑΚΚΟΣ.
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.
- ΣΑΚΚΙΟΙΣ — to sacks, for sacks, to sackcloth, for sackcloth, sacks, sackcloth
- ΣΑΚΚΙΟΝ — sackcloth, a sackcloth, sack, a sack, bag, a bag
- ΣΑΚΚΟΙ — sacks, sackcloth, a sack, a sackcloth
- ΣΑΚΚΟΙΣ — sacks, sackcloth, a sack, a sackcloth
- ΣΑΚΚΟΣ — sackcloth, sack, a sackcloth, a sack
- ΣΑΚΚΟΥ — of sackcloth, of a sack, of a hair shirt
- ΣΑΚΚΟΥΣ — sackcloth
- ΣΑΚΚΩ — (to) sackcloth, (in) sackcloth, a sackcloth
- ΣΑΚΚΩΝ — of sackcloth, of a sack, of a hair shirt
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