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Sackcloth

A sort of mourning worn at the death of a friend or relation. In great calamities, in penitence, in trouble also, they wore sackcloth about their bodies: “Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner,” 2 Sam. This unified study connects 7 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G4526
Greek
σάκκος · sakkos

Strong’s and original-language information

G4526

σάκκος · sakkos

Glosses: sackcloth

σάκκος also written σάκος, -ου, ὁ (cf. Heb. שַׂק, which it renders in LXX), __1.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Sackcloth

Cloth made of black goats' hair, coarse, rough, and thick, used for sacks, and also worn by mourners (Gen. 37:34; 42:25; 2 Sam. 3:31; Esther 4:1, 2; Ps. 30:11, etc.), and as a sign of repentance (Matt. 11:21). It was put upon animals by the people of Nineveh (Jonah 3:8).

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

SACKCLOTH

a sort of mourning worn at the death of a friend or relation. In great calamities, in penitence, in trouble also, they wore sackcloth about their bodies: “Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn for Abner,” 2 Sam. iii, 31.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

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