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ῥάκος

Strong’s: G4470

Associated OET lemmas: ῥάκος

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: ῥάκος; -ους

Sense 1: patch

Semantic entry: 6.152

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials

Definition: a piece of cloth sewed on clothing to repair a hole or tear

Further resources: realia:1.5.3.12

MAT 9:16: RV MAT 9:16 · LV MAT 9:16 · Read together MAT 9:16

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OET-RV MAT 9:16

16 No one patches old clothes with new material, because the patch will shrink and the clothes would end up with a worse hole.

OET-LV MAT 9:16

16 But no _one is _putting _on a_patch of_ unshrunken _cloth on an_ old _garment, because/for the patch of _it is _tearing _away from the garment, and a_worse tear is _becoming.

MRK 2:21: RV MRK 2:21 · LV MRK 2:21 · Read together MRK 2:21

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OET-RV MRK 2:21

21 “No one sews a patch of new, unshrunken cloth onto used clothes, because the new patch will tear away from that old fabric, and it will end up with a worse tear.

OET-LV MRK 2:21

21 No _one is _sewing _on a_patch of_ unshrunken _cloth on an_ old _garment, and if not the patch is _tearing _away from it, the new from _the old, and is _becoming a_worse tear.