Quick Definition
ἀσκός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. a wine-skin
Strong's Definition
from the same as 778; a leathern (or skin) bag used as a bottle
KJV Usage: bottle
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ
6.132 · Artifacts · Containers
wineskin a bag made of skin or leather; used for temporarily storing and carrying wine A number of translators have attempted to substitute ‘bottles’ for ‘wineskins,’ but this has not been satisfactory, since fermenting wine does not normally break glass bottles, while it would break old wineskins. In circumstances in which the use of wineskins is not known, it may be necessary to employ some type of descriptive phrase (for example, ‘a container made of skin’ or ‘a closed bag of skin’ or ‘a goat skin like a bottle’) and a fuller explanation in the margin.
MAT 9:17 · MAT 9:17 · MAT 9:17 · MAT 9:17 · MRK 2:22 · MRK 2:22 · MRK 2:22 · MRK 2:22 · LUK 5:37 · LUK 5:37 · LUK 5:37 · LUK 5:38
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσκός, -οῦ, 6, a leathern bag or bottle,in which water or wine was kept: Mt. ix. 17; Mk. ii. 22; Lk. v. 37 sq. (Often in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down; Sept.) [BB.DD. 5. v. Bottle; Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 92.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀσκός askos 12x
a leather bag or bottle, bottle of skin, Mt. 9:17; Mk. 2:22; Lk. 5:37, 38
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀσκός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX for חֵמֶת, נֹאד, נֵבֶל;]
a leather bottle, wine-skin: Mt 9:17, Mk 2:22, Lk 5:37, 38.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀσκός. P Lond 402 verso? (B.c. 152 or 141) (ΞΞ 11. p. 11) ἀσκός = ‘‘leathern bag or bottle.” The word is used in the general sense ‘‘hide” or ‘‘skin” in P Fay 121° (c. A.D. 100) where a new and strong yoke-band is to b= selected ἐκ τῶν ἐν τῆι κειβωτῶι τῶν ἀσκῶν, ‘from those in the box of skins.” Add OG/S 629% (ii/A.p.) ἐν ἀσκοῖς] αἰγείοις, Cagnat III. ro56iil 46 (Palmyra, Trajan’s reign) τοῦ ἐν] ἀ[σ]κοῖς δυσὶ αἰγείοις ἐπὶ κ[αμήλου εἰσ]κομισθέντος : cf. above, 5,30. where the tax is defined ona load of μύρον, ἐΐν ἀλαβασ]τροῖς and one ἐν ἀσκοῖς] αἰγείοις respectively— the supplements come from the Latin. Cf. MGr ἀσκί (Zaconian αἰ" δ).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀσκός (askos) — wineskin. ἀσκός, ὁ, skin, hide, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; but usually, skin made into a bag, especially wineskin, οἶνον.. ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀσκὸς βοός, of the bag in which Aeolus bottled up the winds, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀσκοὺς καμήλων skins of camel's hide, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. Μαρσύεω bag made from the skin of Marsyas, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσκοὶ πεφυσαμένοι, of mankind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσκός, of the human skin, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
2. paunch, belly, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; in oracular language, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. bellows, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
4. bagpipes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
5. proverbial, wineskin, of a toper, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; “ἀσκός, πέλεκυς” in a child's game, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀσκὸν δείρειν flay alive, hence, abuse, maltreat, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀσκὸς δεδάρθαι[Refs 6th c.BC+]