Strong’s G4526 · Greek

σάκκος
sákkos

Definition

"sack"-cloth, i.e. mohair (the material or garments made of it, worn as a sign of grief)

Etymology

of Hebrew origin (H08242);

How the KJV renders it

  • sackcloth

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.