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Sackcloth

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Cloth made of black goats’ hair, coarse, rough, and thick, used for sacks, and also worn by mourners (Gen 37:34; 42:25; 2 Sam 3:31; Esth 4:1, 2; Ps 30:11, etc.), and as a sign of repentance (Matt 11:21). It was put upon animals by the people of Nineveh (Jonah 3:8).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sak'-kloth.

See BURIAL.

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread (fully or partially). Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).