ἀσκόςaskós
a leathern (or skin) bag used as a bottle
Greek (New Testament) · G779
Meanings
a leather bottle, wine-skin: Matthew 9:17, Mark 2:22, Luke 5:37, Luke 5:38.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 12 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 9:17 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.”
- Mark 2:22 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the wine would burst the wineskins, and the wine and the skins would both be lost. New wine calls for new wineskins.”
- Luke 5:37 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the new wine would burst the wineskins, spilling the wine and ruining the skins.
- Luke 5:38 New wine must be stored in new wineskins.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.