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sackcloth

Meaning of “sackcloth”

Coarse cloth worn as a sign of mourning, humiliation, or repentance.

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46 occurrences45 verses19 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 37:34

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Jonah 3:8
But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jonah 3:8 · retained source text

But let man and beast be couered with sackecloth, and cry mightily vnto God: yea, let them turne euery one from his euill way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

Matthew 11:21
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 11:21 · retained source text

Woe vnto thee Chorazin, woe vnto thee Bethsaida: for if the mightie workes which were done in you, had bene done in Tyre and Sidon, they would haue repented long agoe in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 10:13
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 10:13 · retained source text

Woe vnto thee Chorazin, wo vnto thee Bethsaida: For if the mighty workes had beene done in Tyre and Sidon, which haue beene done in you, they had a great while agoe repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

1611 marginal noteMat. 11.21.

Revelation 6:12
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Revelation 6:12 · retained source text

And I beheld when he had opened the sixt seale, and loe, there was a great earthquake, and the Sunne became blacke as sackecloth of haire, and the Moone became as blood.

Revelation 11:3
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Revelation 11:3 · retained source text

And I will giue power vnto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesie a thousand two hundred and threescore dayes clothed in sackcloth.

1611 marginal noteOr, I will giue vnto my two witnesses that they may prophesie.

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