ἀσκός askos

Greek word for “wineskin” · Strong’s G779 · used 12 times in 4 verses

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Meaning

ἀσκός, -οῦ, ὁ; a leather bottle, wine-skin:.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for askos in context, with how often each is used:

• wineskins 12

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 5 (2), Matthew 9 (1), Mark 2 (1)

Forms

• ἀσκοὺς 7
• ἀσκοί 2
• ἀσκοὶ 2
• ἀσκούς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with askos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• νέος neos “new” 4
• οἶνος oinos “wine” 4
• ῥήγνυμι rhēgnumi “to throw violently” 3
• παλαιός palaios “old” 3
• καινός kainos “new” 3
• ἀπολλύω apolluō “to destroy” 3
• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 3
• γέ ge “indeed” 2
• ἐκχέω ekcheō “to pour out” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 3
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 2

Key verses

The verses using askos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 9:17 — Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles,…
• Mark 2:22 — And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine…
• Luke 5:37 — And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
• Luke 5:38 — But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.