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Lexicon :: Strong's H8242 - śaq

Aa
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:34 - And H7167 Jacob H3290 rent H7167 his clothes, H8071 and put H7760 sackcloth H8242 upon his loins, H4975 and mourned H56 for H5921 his son H1121 many H7227 days. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:25 - Then H6680 Joseph H3130 commanded H6680 to fill H4390 their sacks H3627 with corn, H1250 and to restore H7725 every man's H376 money H3701 into H413 his sack, H8242 and H5414 to give H5414 them  provision H6720 for the way: H1870 and H6213 thus H3651 did he H6213 unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:27 - And as H6605 one of them H259 opened H6605 his sack H8242 to give H5414 his ass H2543 provender H4554 in the inn, H4411 he espied H7200 his money; H3701 for, behold, H2009 it H1931 was in H6310 his sack's H572 mouth. H6310
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:35 - And it came to pass H1961 as they H1992 emptied H7324 their sacks, H8242 that, behold, H2009 every man's H376 bundle H6872 of money H3701 was in his sack: H8242 and when H7200 both they H1992 and their father H1 saw H7200 the bundles H6872 of money, H3701 they were afraid. H3372
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - And H3605 upon H5921 whatsoever H834 any of them, H1992 when they are dead, H4194 doth fall, H5307 it shall be unclean; H2930 whether H3605 it be any H3605 vessel H3627 of wood, H6086 or H176 raiment, H899 or H176 skin, H5785 or H176 sack, H8242 whatsoever H3605 vessel H3627 it be, wherein H834 any work H4399 is done, H6213 it must be put H935 into water, H4325 and it shall be unclean H2930 until H5704 the even; H6153 so it shall be cleansed. H2891
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - They H1992 did work H6213 wilily, H6195 and went H3212 and made as if they had been ambassadors, H6737 and took H3947 old H1087 sacks H8242 upon their asses, H2543 and H4997 wine H3196 bottles, H4997 old, H1087 and rent, H1234 and bound up; H6887
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:31 - And H559 David H1732 said H559 to H413 Joab, H3097 and to H413 all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 were with him, H854 Rend H7167 your clothes, H899 and gird you H2296 with sackcloth, H8242 and mourn H5594 before H6440 Abner. H74 And king H4428 David H1732 himself followed H1980 H310 the bier. H4296
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 - And H3947 Rizpah H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345 took H3947 sackcloth, H8242 and spread it H5186 for her upon H413 the rock, H6697 from the beginning H8462 of harvest H7105 until H5704 water H4325 dropped H5413 upon them H5921 out H4480 of heaven, H8064 and H3808 suffered H5414 neither H3808 the birds H5775 of the air H8064 to rest H5117 on them H5921 by day, H3119 nor H853 the beasts H2416 of the field H7704 by night. H3915
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - And H559 his servants H5650 said H559 unto him, H413 Behold H2009 now, H4994 we have heard H8085 that H3588 the kings H4428 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 are merciful H2617 kings: H4428 let us, H7760 I pray thee, H4994 put H7760 sackcloth H8242 on our loins, H4975 and ropes H2256 upon our heads, H7218 and go out H3318 to H413 the king H4428 of Israel: H3478 peradventure H194 he will save H2421 thy life. H5315
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 H413 the king H4428 of Israel, H3478 and said, H559 Thy servant H5650 Benhadad H1130 H1130 saith, H559 I pray thee, H4994 let H2421 me H5315 live. H2421 And he said, H559 Is he yet H5750 alive? H2416 he H1931 is my brother. H251
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H8085 Ahab H256 heard H8085 those H428 words, H1697 that he rent H7167 his clothes, H899 and put H7760 sackcloth H8242 upon H5921 his flesh, H1320 and fasted, H6684 and lay H7901 in sackcloth, H8242 and went H1980 softly. H328
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:30 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H8085 the king H4428 heard H8085 the words H1697 of the woman, H802 that he rent H7167 his clothes; H899 and he H1931 passed by H5674 upon H5921 the wall, H2346 and H7200 the people H5971 looked, H7200 and, behold, H2009 he had sackcloth H8242 within H1004 upon H5921 his flesh. H1320
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:1 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H8085 king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 heard H8085 it, that he rent H7167 his clothes, H899 and covered himself H3680 with sackcloth, H8242 and went H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - And he sent H7971 Eliakim, H471 which H834 was over H5921 the household, H1004 and Shebna H7644 the scribe, H5608 and H853 the elders H2205 of the priests, H3548 covered H3680 with sackcloth, H8242 to H413 Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 the son H1121 of Amoz. H531
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - And H5375 David H1732 lifted up H5375 his eyes, H5869 and saw H7200 the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 stand H5975 between H996 the earth H776 and H996 the heaven, H8064 having H8025 a H2719 drawn H8025 sword H2719 in his hand H3027 stretched out H5186 over H5921 Jerusalem. H3389 Then H5307 David H1732 and the elders H2205 of Israel, who were clothed H3680 in sackcloth, H8242 fell H5307 upon H5921 their faces. H6440
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1 - Now in the H3117 twenty H6242 and fourth H702 day H3117 of H2320 this H2088 month H2320 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 were assembled H622 with fasting, H6685 and with sackclothes, H8242 and earth H127 upon them. H5921
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 - When Mordecai H4782 perceived H3045 all H3605 that H834 was done, H6213 Mordecai H4782 rent H7167 his clothes, H899 and put on H3847 sackcloth H8242 with ashes, H665 and went out H3318 into the midst H8432 of the city, H5892 and cried H2199 with a H2201 loud H1419 and a bitter H4751 cry; H2201
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - And came H935 even H5704 before H6440 the king's H4428 gate: H8179 for H3588 none H369 might enter H935 into H413 the king's H4428 gate H8179 clothed with H3830 sackcloth. H8242
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every H3605 province, H4082 whithersoever H4725 H834 the king's H4428 commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 came, H5060 there was great H1419 mourning H60 among the Jews, H3064 and fasting, H6685 and weeping, H1065 and wailing; H4553 and many H7227 lay H3331 in sackcloth H8242 and ashes. H665
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 - So H935 Esther's H635 maids H5291 and her chamberlains H5631 came H935 and told H5046 it her. Then was H2342 the queen H4436 exceedingly H3966 grieved; H2342 and she sent H7971 raiment H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai, H4782 and to take away H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from him: H5921 but H3808 he received H6901 it not. H3808
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:15 - I have sewed H8609 sackcloth H8242 upon H5921 my skin, H1539 and defiled H5953 my horn H7161 in the dust. H6083
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - Thou hast turned H2015 for me H589 my mourning H4553 into dancing: H4234 thou hast put off H6605 my sackcloth, H8242 and girded me H247 with gladness; H8057
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - But as for me, H589 when they were sick, H2470 my clothing H3830 was sackcloth: H8242 I humbled H6031 my soul H5315 with fasting; H6685 and my prayer H8605 returned H7725 into H5921 mine own bosom. H2436
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11 - I made H5414 sackcloth H8242 also H5414 my garment; H3830 and I became H1961 a proverb H4912 to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 - And it shall come to pass, H1961 that instead of H8478 sweet smell H1314 there shall be H1961 stink; H4716 and instead of H8478 a girdle H2290 a rent; H5364 and instead of H8478 well set H4639 hair H4748 baldness; H7144 and instead of H8478 a stomacher H6614 a girding H4228 of sackcloth; H8242 and burning H3587 instead of H8478 beauty. H3308
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 - In their streets H2351 they shall gird themselves H2296 with sackcloth: H8242 on H5921 the tops of their houses, H1406 and in their streets, H7339 every one H3605 shall howl, H3213 weeping H1065 abundantly. H3381
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:2 - At H6256 the same H1931 time H6256 spake H1696 the LORD H3068 by H3027 Isaiah H3470 the son H1121 of Amoz, H531 saying, H559 Go H3212 and loose H6605 the sackcloth H8242 from off H5921 thy loins, H4975 and H5275 put off H2502 thy shoe H5275 from H5921 thy foot. H7272 And he did H6213 so, H3651 walking H1980 naked H6174 and barefoot. H3182
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:12 - And H7121 in H3117 that H1931 day H3117 did H7121 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 of hosts H6635 call H7121 to weeping, H1065 and to mourning, H4553 and to baldness, H7144 and to girding H2296 with sackcloth: H8242
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:1 - And it came to pass, H1961 when H8085 king H4428 Hezekiah H2396 heard H8085 it, that he rent H7167 his clothes, H899 and covered himself H3680 with sackcloth, H8242 and went H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - And he sent H7971 Eliakim, H471 who H834 was over H5921 the household, H1004 and H853 Shebna H7644 the scribe, H5608 and H853 the elders H2205 of the priests H3548 covered H3680 with sackcloth, H8242 unto H413 Isaiah H3470 the prophet H5030 the son H1121 of Amoz. H531
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:3 - I clothe H3847 the heavens H8064 with blackness, H6940 and H8242 I make H7760 sackcloth  H8242 their covering. H3682
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - Is it H1961 such H2088 a fast H6685 that I have chosen? H977 a day H3117 for a man H120 to afflict H6031 his soul? H5315 is it to bow down H3721 his head H7218 as a bulrush, H100 and H8242 to spread H3331 sackcloth  H8242 and ashes H665 under him? wilt thou call H7121 this H2088 a fast, H6685 and an H3117 acceptable H7522 day H3117 to the LORD? H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 - For H5921 this H2063 gird you H2296 with sackcloth, H8242 lament H5594 and howl: H3213 for H3588 the H639 fierce H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068 is H7725 not H3808 turned back H7725 from us. H4480
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter H1323 of my people, H5971 gird H2296 thee with sackcloth, H8242 and wallow thyself H6428 in ashes: H665 make H6213 thee mourning, H60 as for an only son, H3173 most bitter H8563 lamentation: H4553 for H3588 the spoiler H7703 shall H935 suddenly H6597 come H935 upon us. H5921
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - For H3588 every H3605 head H7218 shall be bald, H7144 and every H3605 beard H2206 clipped: H1639 upon H5921 all H3605 the hands H3027 shall be cuttings, H1417 and upon H5921 the loins H4975 sackcloth. H8242
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - Howl, H3213 O Heshbon, H2809 for H3588 Ai H5857 is spoiled: H7703 cry, H6817 ye daughters H1323 of Rabbah, H7237 gird you H2296 with sackcloth; H8242 lament, H5594 and run to and fro H7751 by the hedges; H1448 for H3588 their king H4428 shall go H3212 into captivity, H1473 and his priests H3548 and his princes H8269 together. H3162
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - The elders H2205 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 sit H3427 upon the ground, H776 and keep silence: H1826 they have cast up H5927 dust H6083 upon H5921 their heads; H7218 they have girded themselves H2296 with sackcloth: H8242 the virgins H1330 of Jerusalem H3389 hang down H3381 their heads H7218 to the ground. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:18 - They shall also gird H2296 themselves with sackcloth, H8242 and H3680 horror H6427 shall cover H3680 them; H853 and H413 shame H955 shall be upon H413 all H3605 faces, H6440 and H3605 baldness H7144 upon all H3605 their heads. H7218
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:31 - And they shall make themselves H7139 utterly H7144 bald H7139 for thee, H413 and gird them H2296 with sackcloth, H8242 and they shall weep H1058 for thee H413 with bitterness H4751 of heart H5315 and bitter H4751 wailing. H4553
Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - And I set H5414 my face H6440 unto H413 the Lord H136 God, H430 to seek H1245 by prayer H8605 and supplications, H8469 with fasting, H6685 and sackcloth, H8242 and ashes: H665
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 - Lament H421 like a virgin H1330 girded H2296 with sackcloth H8242 for H5921 the husband H1167 of her youth. H5271
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 - Gird yourselves, H2296 and lament, H5594 ye priests: H3548 howl, H3213 ye ministers H8334 of the altar: H4196 come, H935 lie all night H3885 in sackcloth, H8242 ye ministers H8334 of my God: H430 for H3588 the meat offering H4503 and the drink offering H5262 is withholden H4513 from the house H1004 of your God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - And I will turn H2015 your feasts H2282 into mourning, H60 and all H3605 your songs H7892 into lamentation; H7015 and I will bring up H5927 sackcloth H8242 upon H5921 all H3605 loins, H4975 and H5921 baldness H7144 upon H5921 every H3605 head; H7218 and I will make it H7760 as the mourning H60 of an only H3173 son, and the end thereof H319 as a H3117 bitter H4751 day. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 - So H539 the people H376 of Nineveh H5210 believed H539 God, H430 and proclaimed H7121 a fast, H6685 and put H3847 on sackcloth, H8242 from the greatest of them H1419 even to H5704 the least of them. H6996
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - For H5060 word H1697 came H5060 unto H413 the king H4428 of Nineveh, H5210 and he arose H6965 from his throne, H3678 and he laid H5674 his robe H155 from him, H5921 and covered H3680 him with sackcloth, H8242 and sat H3427 in H5921 ashes. H665
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8 - But let H3680 man H120 and beast H929 be covered H3680 with sackcloth, H8242 and cry H7121 mightily H2394 unto H413 God: H430 yea, let them turn H7725 every one H376 from his H1870 evil H7451 way, H1870 and from H4480 the violence H2555 that H834 is in their hands. H3709
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