ῥάκος
rhakos · piece of cloth
Greek word · Strong’s number G4470 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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rhakos (ῥάκος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “piece of cloth”.
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How to say it
rha·kos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A patch of fabric sewn over a tear.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Matthew 9:16
And no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old cloak; for the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear results.
- Mark 2:21
No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear is made.