Quick Definition
ῥάκος, ους, τό n.n. a piece of cloth
Strong's Definition
a "rag," i.e. piece of cloth
Derivation: from G4486 (ῥήγνυμι);
KJV Usage: cloth
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ῥάκος, -ous, τό, (ῥήγνυμι), a piece torn off; spec. a bit of cloth; cloth: Mt. ix. 16; Mk. ii. 21 [here L Tr mrg. paxxos]. (Hom., Hdt., Arstph., Soph., Eur., Joseph., Sept., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ῥάκος rhakos 2x
a piece torn off; a bit of cloth, cloth, Mt. 9:16; Mk. 2:21*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ῥάκος, -ους, τό
[in LXX: Is 64:6 (5) (בֶּגֶד), Je 45 (38):11 (סְחָבָה), Es 4:17 * ;]
a ragged garment (Hom.).
a rag, remnant, piece of cloth: Mt 9:16, Mk 2:21.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ῥάκος, “ἐᾷ piece of cloth” (Mt 91°, Mk 231): cf. P Petr III. 42H ῥάκη δύο, P Lond 121798 (iii/a.p.) (=I. p. 91) βύσσινον ῥάκος, 10.339 (=p. 96) ῥάκος λινοῦν. See also Apoc. Petr. 15 ἄνδρες ῥάκη ῥυπαρὰ ἐνδεδύμενοι (cf. Jas 2%). In Artem. p. 188 the word is used of mummy wrappings—ot ἀποθανόντες ἐσχισμένοις ἐνειλοῦνται ῥάκεσι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ῥάκος (rhakos) — a cloth. ῥάκος [ᾰ], εος, τό, ragged, tattered garment, δὸς ῥ. ἀμφιβαλέσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀνθ᾽ ἱματίου μὲν ἔχειν ῥ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] frequently in plural ῥάκεα, _Attic dialect_ ῥάκη, rags, tatters, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. generally, strip of cloth, ῥάκεα φοινίκεα [NT+5th c.BC+]: even a strip of flesh, σώματος ῥ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. collectively, rag, lint, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. in plural also, rents in the face, wrinkles, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. metaphorically, rag, remnant, εἰκάσαι τὸ ἐρείπιον ῥάκει οἰκίας [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of an old seaman, ἁλίοιο βίου ῥ. [Refs 1st c.BC+] —The _Aeolic dialect_ form βράκος (which see), used of a garment, lacks the sense 'ragged'.