Askos ἀσκός

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Askos
ἀσκός
Transliterationaskos
Strong's numberG779
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosswineskin
Occurrences12 in 4 verses
Most frequent inLuke (2)

Askos (Greek ἀσκός, Strong's G779) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “wineskin”. It occurs 12 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἀσκός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX for חֵמֶת, נֹאד, נֶבֶל ;]
a leather bottle, wine-skin: Mat.9:17, Mrk.2:22, Luk.5:37-38.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVbottles (12)
BSBwineskins (9), skins (3)

Verses

Every verse with Askos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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