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σάκκος

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Gloss: sackcloth

Transliteration: sakkos

Strong’s: G4526

σάκκος also written σάκος, -ου, ὁ
(cf. Heb. שַׂק, which it renders in LXX),
__1. a coarse cloth, sackcloth, usually made of hair: Rev.6:12.
__2. Anything made of sackcloth;
__(a) a sack (Gen.42:25, al.);
__(b) a garment of sackcloth, expressive of mourning or penitence: Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13, Rev.11:3.†
(AS)

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