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Lexicon :: Strong's H8242 - śaq

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שַׂק
Transliteration
śaq
Pronunciation
sak
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2282a

Strong’s Definitions

שַׂק saq, sak; from H8264; properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.):—sack(-cloth, -clothes).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H8242 in the following manner: sackcloth (41x), sack (6x), sackclothes (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's H8242 in the following manner: sackcloth (41x), sack (6x), sackclothes (1x).

  1. mesh, sackcloth, sack, sacking

    1. sack (for grain)

    2. sackcloth

      1. worn in mourning or humiliation

      2. same material spread out to lie on

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שַׂק saq, sak; from H8264; properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.):—sack(-cloth, -clothes).
STRONGS H8242: Abbreviations
† שַׂק noun masculineJoshua 9:4 sack, sackcloth (see SchwZAW xi (1891), 173 who conjectures Egyptian origin; Late Hebrew סַק sackcloth (rare); Assyrian šaḳḳu, sack (DlHWB 687 a), sackcloth (WklAltor. Forsch, vi. 44); Ethiopic bdb097404 = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic סַקָּא, bdb097405; Greek σάκκος LewyFremdw. 87); — absolute שׂ׳ Genesis 37:34 +, שָׂ֑ק Jeremiah 48:37 +; suffix שַׂקִּי Psalm 30:12, etc.; plural שַׂקִּים Joshua 9:4 +, suffix שַׂקֵּיהֶם Genesis 42:35; —
1. sack, for grain Genesis 42:25, 27 (|| אַמְתַּחַת), Genesis 42:35; Genesis 42:35 (E), Joshua 9:4 (JE), perhaps also Leviticus 11:32 (P).
2. sackcloth:
a. worn in mourning and humiliation (see NowArchaeology i. 192 f. SACookEncy. Bib. under the word), either loose garment like sack, or piece of similar material (of rough, dark hair), fastened round body: put (שִׂים) on loins Genesis 37:34 (J), 1 Kings 20:31, on (bare) flesh 1 Kings 21:27; 2 Kings 6:30, compare Jeremiah 48:37; Job 16:15 (with תָּפַר); וְהַעֲלֵיתִי עַלכָּֿלמָֿתְנַיִם שׂ׳ Amos 8:10; usually girt on (חָגַר) 2 Samuel 3:31; Isaiah 15:3; Isaiah 22:12; Jeremiah 4:8; Jeremiah 6:26; Jeremiah 49:3; Ezekiel 7:18; Ezekiel 27:31; 1 Kings 20:32; Joel 1:8, compare Isaiah 3:24; כִּסָּה בַּשּׂ׳ 2 Kings 19:1, 2= Isaiah 37:1, 2; Jonah 3:6, 8; 1 Chronicles 21:16, figurative of heavens (compare קָדַר), אָשִׂים כְּסוּתָם שׂ׳ Isaiah 50:3; late לָבַשׁ שׂ׳ put on sackcloth Jonah 3:5; Esther 4:1, compare Esther 4:2; Psalm 35:13; Psalm 69:12; בְּצוֺם וְשׂ׳ Nehemiah 9:1, compare Daniel 9:3; מִּתַּח שׂ׳ loosen sackcloth Isaiah 20:2 (+ מֵעַל), Psalm 30:12 (opposed to שִׂמְחָה), מֵעַל הֵסִיר שׂ׳ Esther 4:4.
b. same garment (or material) spread out (to lie on), 2 Samuel 21:10 (with הִטָּה), Isaiah 58:5 (with הִצִּיעַ), compare Esther 4:3 וַיִּשְׁכַּב בַּשׂ׳ 1 Kings 21:27, לִינוּ בַּשּׂ׳ Joel 1:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

37:34; 37:34; 42:25; 42:27; 42:35; 42:35; 42:35

Leviticus

11:32

Joshua

9:4; 9:4; 9:4

2 Samuel

3:31; 21:10

1 Kings

20:31; 20:32; 21:27; 21:27

2 Kings

6:30; 19:1; 19:2

1 Chronicles

21:16

Nehemiah

9:1

Esther

4:1; 4:2; 4:3; 4:4

Job

16:15

Psalms

30:12; 30:12; 35:13; 69:12

Isaiah

3:24; 15:3; 20:2; 22:12; 37:1; 37:2; 50:3; 58:5

Jeremiah

4:8; 6:26; 48:37; 48:37; 49:3

Ezekiel

7:18; 27:31

Daniel

9:3

Joel

1:8; 1:13

Amos

8:10

Jonah

3:5; 3:6; 3:8

H8242

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Strong's Number H8242 matches the Hebrew שַׂק (śaq),
which occurs 48 times in 46 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - So Jacob H3290 tore H7167 his clothes, H8071 and put H7760 sackcloth H8242 on his loins H4975 and mourned H56 for his son H1121 many H7227 days. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:25 - Then Joseph H3130 gave H6680 orders H6680 to fill H4390 their bags H3627 with grain H1250 and to restore H7725 every H376 man’s H376 money H3701 in his sack, H8242 and to give H5414 them provisions H6720 for the journey. H1870 And thus H3651 it was done H6213 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:27 - As one H259 of them opened H6605 his sack H8242 to give H5414 his donkey H2543 fodder H4554 at the lodging H4411 place, H4411 he saw H7200 his money; H3701 and behold, H2009 it was in the mouth H6310 of his sack. H572

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:35 - Now it came H1961 about as they were emptying H7324 their sacks, H8242 that behold, H2009 every H376 man’s H376 bundle H6872 of money H3701 was in his sack; H8242 and when they and their father H1 saw H7200 their bundles H6872 of money, H3701 they were dismayed. H3372

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - ‘Also anything H3605 on which H834 one of them may fall H5307 when they are dead H4194 becomes H2930 unclean, H2930 including H4480 any H3605 wooden H6086 article, H3627 or H176 clothing, H899 or H176 a skin, H5785 or H176 a sack H8242—any H3605 article H3627 [fn]of which H834 use H4399 is made H6213—it shall be put H935 in the water H4325 and be unclean H2930 until H5704 evening, H6153 then it becomes H2891 clean. H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - they also H1571 acted H6213 craftily H6195 and [fn]set H1980 out as envoys, H6737 and took H3947 worn-out H1087 sacks H8242 on their donkeys, H2543 and wineskins H4997 worn-out H1087 and torn H1234 and [fn]mended, H6887

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - Then David H1732 said H559 to Joab H3097 and to all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him, “Tear H7167 your clothes H899 and gird H2296 on sackcloth H8242 and lament H5594 before H6440 Abner.” H74 And King H4428 David H1732 walked H1980 behind H310 the bier. H4296

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 - And Rizpah H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345 took H3947 sackcloth H8242 and spread H5186 it for herself on the rock, H6697 from the beginning H8462 of harvest H7105 until H5704 [fn]it rained H5413 on them from the sky; H8064 and she [fn]allowed H5414 neither H3808 the birds H5775 of the sky H8064 to rest H5117 on them by day H3119 nor H3808 the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 by night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - His servants H5650 said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 now, H4994 we have heard H8085 that the kings H4428 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 are merciful H2617 kings, H4428 please H4994 let us put H7760 sackcloth H8242 on our loins H4975 and ropes H2256 on our heads, H7218 and go H3318 out to the king H4428 of Israel; H3478 perhaps H194 he will save H2421 your [fn]life.” H5315

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they girded H2296 sackcloth H8242 on their loins H4975 and put ropes H2256 on their heads, H7218 and came H935 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478 and said, H559 “Your servant H5650 Ben-hadad H1130 says, H559 ‘Please H4994 let me live.’” H2421 And he said, H559 “Is he still H5750 alive? H2416 He is my brother.” H251

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 - It came H1961 about when Ahab H256 heard H8085 these H428 words, H1697 that he tore H7167 his clothes H899 and put H7760 [fn]on sackcloth H8242 and fasted, H6684 and he lay H7901 in sackcloth H8242 and went H1980 about [fn]despondently. H328

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:30 - When the king H4428 heard H8085 the words H1697 of the woman, H802 he tore H7167 his clothes H899—now he was passing H5674 by on the wall H2346—and the people H5971 looked, H7200 and behold, H2009 he had sackcloth H8242 [fn]beneath H1004 on his [fn]body. H1320

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:1 - And when King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 heard H8085 it, he tore H7167 his clothes, H899 covered H3680 himself with sackcloth H8242 and entered H935 the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - Then he sent H7971 Eliakim H471 who H834 was over H5921 the household H1004 with Shebna H7644 the scribe H5608 and the elders H2205 of the priests, H3548 covered H3680 with sackcloth, H8242 to Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 the son H1121 of Amoz. H531

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - Then David H1732 lifted H5375 up his eyes H5869 and saw H7200 the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 standing H5975 between H996 earth H776 and heaven, H8064 with his drawn H8025 sword H2719 in his hand H3027 stretched H5186 out over H5921 Jerusalem. H3389 Then David H1732 and the elders, H2205 covered H3680 with sackcloth, H8242 fell H5307 on their faces. H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1 - Now on the twenty-fourth H6242 H702 day H3117 of this H2088 month H2320 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 assembled H622 with fasting, H6685 in sackcloth H8242 and with dirt H127 upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - When Mordecai H4782 learned H3045 all H3605 that had been done, H6213 [fn]he tore H7167 his clothes, H899 put H3847 on sackcloth H8242 and ashes, H665 and went H3318 out into the midst H8432 of the city H5892 and wailed H2199 loudly H1419 and bitterly. H4751

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - He went H935 as far H5704 as the king’s H4428 gate, H8179 for no H369 one H369 was to enter H935 the king’s H4428 gate H8179 clothed H3830 in sackcloth. H8242

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - In each H4082 and every H3605 province H4082 where H4725 H834 the command H1697 and decree H1881 of the king H4428 came, H5060 there was great H1419 mourning H60 among the Jews, H3064 with fasting, H6685 weeping H1065 and wailing; H4553 and many H7227 lay H3331 on sackcloth H8242 and ashes. H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - Then Esther’s H635 maidens H5291 and her eunuchs H5631 came H935 and told H5046 her, and the queen H4436 writhed H2342 in great H3966 anguish. And she sent H7971 garments H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai H4782 that he might remove H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from him, but he did not accept H6901 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:15 - “I have sewed H8609 sackcloth H8242 over H5921 my skin H1539
And thrust H5953 my horn H7161 in the dust. H6083

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - You have turned H2015 for me my mourning H4553 into dancing; H4234
You have loosed H6605 my sackcloth H8242 and girded H247 me with gladness, H8057

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - But as for me, when they were sick, H2470 my clothing H3830 was sackcloth; H8242
I humbled H6031 my soul H5315 with fasting, H6685
And my prayer H8605 kept returning H7725 to my bosom. H2436

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11 - When I made H5414 sackcloth H8242 my clothing, H3830
I became H1961 a byword H4912 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - Now it will come H1961 about that instead H8478 of [fn]sweet H1314 perfume H1314 there will be putrefaction; H4716
Instead H8478 of a belt, H2290 a rope; H5364
Instead H8478 of well-set H4748 hair, H4748 a plucked-out H7144 scalp; H7144
Instead H8478 of fine H6614 clothes, H6614 a donning H4228 of sackcloth; H8242
And branding H3587 instead H8478 of beauty. H3308

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - In their streets H2351 they have girded H2296 themselves with sackcloth; H8242
On their housetops H1406 and in their squares H7339
Everyone H3605 is wailing, H3213 [fn]dissolved H3381 in tears. H1065

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2 - at that time H6256 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 through H3027 Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz, H531 saying, H559 “Go H1980 and loosen H6605 the sackcloth H8242 from your hips H4975 and take H2502 your shoes H5275 off H4480 your feet.” H7272 And he did H6213 so, H3651 going H1980 naked H6174 and barefoot. H3182

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:12 - Therefore in that day H3117 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of hosts H6635 called H7121 you to weeping, H1065 to wailing, H4553
To shaving H7144 the head H7144 and to wearing H2296 sackcloth. H8242

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:1 - And when King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 heard H8085 it, he tore H7167 his clothes, H899 covered H3680 himself with sackcloth H8242 and entered H935 the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - Then he sent H7971 Eliakim H471 who H834 was over H5921 the household H1004 with Shebna H7644 the scribe H5608 and the elders H2205 of the priests, H3548 covered H3680 with sackcloth, H8242 to Isaiah H3470 the prophet, H5030 the son H1121 of Amoz. H531

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:3 - “I clothe H3847 the heavens H8064 with blackness H6940
And make H7760 sackcloth H8242 their covering.” H3682

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - “Is it a fast H6685 like this H2088 which I choose, H977 a day H3117 for a man H120 to humble H6031 himself? H5315
Is it for bowing H3721 [fn]one’s head H7218 like a reed H100
And for spreading H3331 out sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 as a bed?
Will you call H7121 this H2088 a fast, H6685 even an acceptable H7522 day H3117 to the LORD? H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - “For this, H2088 put H2296 on sackcloth, H8242
Lament H5594 and wail; H3213
For the fierce H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068
Has not turned H7725 back H7725 from us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter H1323 of my people, H5971 put H2296 on sackcloth H8242
And roll H6428 in ashes; H665
[fn]Mourn H60 as for an only H3173 son, H3173
A lamentation H4553 most H8563 bitter. H8563
For suddenly H6597 the destroyer H7703
Will come H935 upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - “For every H3605 head H7218 is bald H7144 and every H3605 beard H2206 cut H1639 short; H1639 there are gashes H1417 on all H3605 the hands H3027 and sackcloth H8242 on the loins. H4975

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - “Wail, H3213 O Heshbon, H2809 for Ai H5857 has been destroyed! H7703
Cry H6817 out, O daughters H1323 of Rabbah, H7237
Gird H2296 yourselves H2296 with sackcloth H8242 and lament, H5594
And rush H7751 back H7751 and forth H7751 inside the walls; H1448
For [fn]Malcam H4445 will go H1980 into exile H1473
Together H3162 with his priests H3548 and his princes. H8269

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - The elders H2205 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726
Sit H3427 on the ground, H776 they are silent. H1826
They have thrown H5927 dust H6083 on their heads; H7218
They have girded H2296 themselves with sackcloth. H8242
The virgins H1330 of Jerusalem H3389
Have bowed H3381 their heads H7218 to the ground. H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:31 - “Also they will make H7139 themselves bald H7139 H7144 for you
And gird H2296 themselves with sackcloth; H8242
And they will weep H1058 for you in bitterness H4751 of soul H5315
With bitter H4751 mourning. H4553

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Wail H421 like a virgin H1330 girded H2296 with sackcloth H8242
For the bridegroom H1167 of her youth. H5271

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 - Gird H2296 yourselves H2296 with sackcloth
And lament, H5594 O priests; H3548
Wail, H3213 O ministers H8334 of the altar! H4196
Come, H935 spend H3885 the night H3885 in sackcloth H8242
O ministers H8334 of my God, H430
For the grain offering H4503 and the drink H5262 offering H5262
Are withheld H4513 from the house H1004 of your God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - “Then I will turn H2015 your festivals H2282 into mourning H60
And all H3605 your songs H7892 into [fn]lamentation; H7015
And I will bring H5927 sackcloth H8242 on everyone’s H3605 loins H4975
And baldness H7144 on every H3605 head. H7218
And I will make H7760 it like a time of mourning H60 for an only H3173 son, H3173
And the end H319 of it will be like a bitter H4751 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - When the word H1697 reached H5060 the king H4428 of Nineveh, H5210 he arose H6965 from his throne, H3678 laid H5674 aside H5674 his robe H155 from him, covered H3680 himself with sackcloth H8242 and sat H3427 on the [fn]ashes. H665

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8 - “But both man H120 and beast H929 must be covered H3680 with sackcloth; H8242 and let [fn]men call H7121 on God H430 earnestly H2394 that each H376 may turn H7725 from his wicked H7451 way H1870 and from the violence H2555 which H834 is in [fn]his hands. H3709
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