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Revelation 6:12 - Sackcloth

Revelation 6:12 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

Verse	Strongs No.	Greek	Strongs Definition
And	G2532	καί	[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
I beheld	G1492	εἴδω	[Verb] used only in certain past tenses the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly to see (literally or figuratively); by implication (in the perfect only) to know
when	G3753	ὅτε	at which (thing) too that is when
he had opened	G455	ἀνοίγω	[Verb] to open up (literally or figuratively in various applications)
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
sixth	G1623	ἕκτος	[Adjective] sixth
seal	G4973	σφραγίς	[Noun Feminine] a signet (as fencing in or protecting from misappropriation); by implication the stamp impressed (as a mark of privacy or genuineness) literally or figuratively
and	G2532	καί	[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
lo	G2400	ἰδού	used as imperative lo!
there was	G1096	γίνομαι	[Verb] to cause to be (gen -erate) that is (reflexively) to become (come into being) used with great latitude (literally figuratively intensively etc.)
a great	G3173	μέγας	[Adjective] compare also G3176 G3187]: big (literally or figuratively in a very wide application)
earthquake	G4578	σεισμός	[Noun Masculine] a commotion that is (of the air) a gale (of the ground) an earthquake
and	G2532	καί	[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
sun	G2246	ἥλιος	[Noun Masculine] perhaps akin to the alternate of G138); the sun; by implication light
became	G1096	γίνομαι	[Verb] to cause to be (gen -erate) that is (reflexively) to become (come into being) used with great latitude (literally figuratively intensively etc.)
black	G3189	μέλας	[Adjective] black
as	G5613	ὡς	[Adverb] which how that is in that manner (very variously used as shown)
sackcloth	G4526	σάκκος	[Noun Masculine] sackcloth that is mohair (the material or garments made of it worn as a sign of grief)
of hair	G5155	τρίχινος	[Adjective] hairy that is made of hair (mohair)
and	G2532	καί	[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
the	G3588	ὁ	the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied at others omitted in English idiom)
moon	G4582	σελήνη	[Noun Feminine] probably akin to the alternate of G138 through the idea of attractiveness); the moon
became	G1096	γίνομαι	[Verb] to cause to be (gen -erate) that is (reflexively) to become (come into being) used with great latitude (literally figuratively intensively etc.)
as	G5613	ὡς	[Adverb] which how that is in that manner (very variously used as shown)
blood	G129	αἷμα	[Noun Masculine] blood literally (of men or animals) figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specifically (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication bloodshed also kindred

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.