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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
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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 Box Gen 37:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - And Jacob rendeth his raiment, and putteth sackcloth on his loins, and becometh a mourner for his son many days,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:25 - And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels with corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:27 - and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it is in the mouth of his bag,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:35 - And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver is in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - 'And anything on which any one of them falleth, in their death, is unclean, of any vessel of wood or garment or skin or sack, any vessel in which work is done is brought into water, and hath been unclean till the evening, then it hath been clean;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - And David saith unto Joab, and unto all the people who are with him, 'Rend your garments, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner;' and king David is going after the bier.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 - And Rizpah daughter of Aiah taketh the sackcloth, and stretcheth it out for herself on the rock, from the commencement of harvest till water hath been poured out upon them from the heavens, and hath not suffered a fowl of the heavens to rest upon them by day, or the beast of the field by night.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - And his servants say unto him, 'Lo, we pray thee, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel -- that they are kind kings; let us put, we pray thee, sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and we go out unto the king of Israel; it may be he doth keep thee alive.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - And they gird sackcloth on their loins, and ropes are on their heads, and they come in unto the king of Israel, and say, 'Thy servant Ben-Hadad hath said, Let me live, I pray thee;' and he saith, 'Is he yet alive? he is my brother.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 - And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:30 - And it cometh to pass, at the king's hearing the words of the woman, that he rendeth his garments, and he is passing by on the wall, and the people see, and lo, the sackcloth is on his flesh within.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:1 - And it cometh to pass, at king Hezekiah's hearing, that he rendeth his garments, and covereth himself with sackcloth, and entereth the house of Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - and sendeth Eliakim, who is over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - and David lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing between the earth and the heavens, and his sword drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem, and David falleth, and the elders, covered with sackcloth, on their faces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1 - And in the twenty and fourth day of this month have the sons of Israel been gathered, with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - And Mordecai hath known all that hath been done, and Mordecai rendeth his garments, and putteth on sackcloth and ashes, and goeth forth into the midst of the city and crieth -- a cry loud and bitter,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - and he cometh in unto the front of the gate of the king, but none is to come in unto the gate of the king with a sackcloth-garment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - And young women of Esther come in and her eunuchs, and declare it to her, and the queen is exceedingly pained, and sendeth garments to clothe Mordecai, and to turn aside his sackcloth from off him, and he hath not received them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:15 - Sackcloth I have sewed on my skin, And have rolled in the dust my horn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - And I -- in their sickness my clothing is sackcloth, I have humbled with fastings my soul, And my prayer unto my bosom returneth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11 - And I make my clothing sackcloth, And I am to them for a simile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - And it hath been, instead of spice is muck, And instead of a girdle, a rope, And instead of curled work, baldness, And instead of a stomacher a girdle of sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - In its out-places they girded on sackcloth, On its pinnacles, and in its broad places, Every one howleth -- going down with weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2 - at that time spake Jehovah by the hand of Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, 'Go, and thou hast loosed the sackcloth from off thy loins, and thy sandal thou dost draw from off thy foot,' and he doth so, going naked and barefoot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:12 - And call doth the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:1 - And it cometh to pass, at the king Hezekiah's hearing, that he rendeth his garments, and covereth himself with sackcloth, and entereth the house of Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - and sendeth Eliakim, who is over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, unto Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:3 - I clothe the heavens with blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - Like this is the fast that I choose? The day of a man's afflicting his soul? To bow as a reed his head, And sackcloth and ashes spread out? This dost thou call a fast, And a desirable day -- to Jehovah?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of My people, Gird on sackcloth, and roll thyself in ashes, The mourning of an only one make for thee, A lamentation most bitter, For suddenly come doth the spoiler against us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - For every head is bald, and every beard diminished, On all hands cuttings, and on the loins -- sackcloth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - Howl, Heshbon, for spoiled is Ai, Cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird on sackcloth, Lament, and go to and fro by the hedges, For Malcam into captivity doth go, His priests and his princes together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - Sit on the earth -- keep silent do the elders of the daughter of Zion, They have caused dust to go up on their head, They have girded on sackcloth, Put down to the earth their head have the virgins of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:18 - And they have girded on sackcloth, And covered them hath trembling, And unto all faces is shame, And on all their heads -- baldness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:31 - And they have made for thee baldness, And they have girded on sackcloth, And they have wept for thee, In bitterness of soul -- a bitter mourning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - and I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Wail, as a virgin girdeth with sackcloth, For the husband of her youth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 - Gird, and lament, ye priests, Howl, ye ministrants of the altar, Come in, lodge in sackcloth, ministrants of my God, For withheld from the house of your God hath been present and libation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - And have turned your festivals to mourning, And all your songs to lamentation, And caused sackcloth to come up on all loins, And on every head -- baldness, And made it as a mourning of an only one, And its latter end as a day of bitterness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 - And the men of Nineveh believe in God, and proclaim a fast, and put on sackcloth, from their greatest even unto their least,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - seeing the word doth come unto the king of Nineveh, and he riseth from his throne, and removeth his honourable robe from off him, and spreadeth out sackcloth, and sitteth on the ashes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8 - and cover themselves with sackcloth let man and beast, and let them call unto God mightily, and let them turn back each from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
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