ῥάκος, -ους, τό [in LXX: Isa.64:6 (5) (בֶּגֶד), Jer.38:11 (סְחָבָה), Est.4:17 * ;] 1. a ragged garment (Hom.). 2. a rag, remnant, piece of cloth: Mat.9:16, Mrk.2:21.† (AS)
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G4470 — ῥάκος
rhakos · a cloth · Greek
2 tagged verse occurrences
Matthew 9:16 · ῥάκουςNo one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.Mark 2:21 · ῥάκουςNo one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, or else the patch shrinks and the new tears away from the old, and a worse hole is made.