Dictionary entry

σάκκος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

σάκκος also written σάκος, -ου, ὁ

(cf. Heb.שַׂק, which it renders in LXX),

1. a coarse cloth, sackcloth, usually made of hair: Re 6:12.

2. Anything made of sackcloth;

(a) a sack (Ge 42:25, al.);

(b) a garment of sackcloth, expressive of mourning or penitence: Mt 11:21, Lk 10:13, Re 11:3.†