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σάκκος

sakkos

Masculine noun · Of Hebrew origin שק (H8242)

Of Hebrew origin (H8242); "sack"-cloth, i.e. mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief):—sackcloth.

Outline

  1. a sack
    1. a receptacle for holding or carrying various things, as money, food, etc.
    2. a course cloth, a dark course stuff made especially from the hair of animals
    3. a garment of the like material, and clinging to the person like a sack, which was wont to be worn (or drawn over the tunic instead of the cloak or mantle) by mourners, penitents, suppliants and also by those who like the Hebrew prophets, lead an austere life

Usages

Matthew 11:21

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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Luke 10:13

Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

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Revelation 6:12

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

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Revelation 11:3

And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

Breakdown

two witnesses Represents the Northern Kingdom and Southern Kingdom (Zerubbabel). they shall prophesy Referring to the fulfilment of the prophecies of Israel being in captivity. thousand two hundred and threescore days Same three and a half years as verse two, i.e. the 350 years that Israel was in Slavery under Esau.

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