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ῥάκος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ῥάκος, ους, τό
Greek transliteration: 
rhakos
Simplified transliteration: 
rhakos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4470
GK Number: 
4820
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-3d(2b)
Gloss: 
piece of cloth
Definition: 
a piece torn off; a bit of cloth, cloth, Mt. 9:16; Mk. 2:21*

Greek-English Concordance for ῥάκος

Matthew 9:16 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth (rhakous | ῥάκους | gen sg neut) on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment, and the tear will be worse.
Mark 2:21 “No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth (rhakous | ῥάκους | gen sg neut) unshrunk sews on an old garment. old If he does, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the worse. tear becomes worse.