ΣΑΚΚΩΝ, σακκων
SAKKŌN, sakkōn
Sounds Like: sak-KOHN
Translations: of sackcloth, of a sack, of a hair shirt
From the root: ΣΑΚΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a coarse cloth, typically made of goat's hair, used for sacks or as a garment of mourning or penitence. It can also refer to the sack itself. In the provided context, it is used in the genitive plural, indicating possession or material, often in phrases like 'wearing sackcloth' or 'sitting on sackcloth' as a sign of mourning or humility.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4526 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 8:31
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 19 — 8:349
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Isaiah — 22:12
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
- ΣΑΚΚΟΝ — sackcloth, 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
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