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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 - So Jacob H3290 tore H7167 his clothes H8071, and put H7760 on a sackcloth H8242 undergarment over his waist H4975, and mourned H56 for his son H1121 many H7227 days H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:25 - Then Joseph H3130 gave H6680 orders H6680 to fill H4390 their bags H3627 with grain H1250, but also to return H7725 every H376 man’s H376 money H3701 in his sack H8242, and to give H5414 them provisions H6720 for the journey H1870. And that H3651 is H3651 what H3651 was done H6213 for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:27 - But when one H259 of them opened H6605 his sack H8242 to give H5414 his donkey H2543 feed H4554 at the overnight H4411 campsite H4411, he saw H7200 his money H3701; and behold H2009, it was in the opening H6310 of his sack H572!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:35 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961, as they were emptying H7324 their sacks H8242, that behold H2009, every H376 man’s H376 bag H6872 of money H3701 was in his sack H8242; and when they and their father H1 saw H7200 their bags H6872 of money H3701, they were H3372 afraid H3372.

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 hide 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 H2930 unclean H2930 until H5704 evening H6153, then it becomes H2891 clean H2891.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:4 - but they on their part H1571 acted H6213 craftily H6195 and went H1980 and took H6679 provisions H6679 for H6679 a H6679 journey H6679, and took H3947 worn-out H1087 sacks H8242 on their donkeys H2543, and wineskins H4997 that were worn H1087 out H1087, split H1234 open H1234, and patched H6887,
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 put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242, and mourn H5594 before H6440 Abner H74.” And King H4428 David H1732 walked H1980 behind H310 the bier H4296.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:10 -

And Rizpah H7532 the daughter H1323 of Aiah H345 took H3947 sackcloth H8242 and spread H5186 it out H5186 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 wild H7704 animals H2416 by night H3915.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 -

But 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’s put H7760 sackcloth H8242 [fn]around our waists H4975 and ropes H2256 on our heads H7218, and go H3318 out H3318 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478; perhaps H194 he will let H2421 [fn]you live H2421.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:32 - So they put H2296 sackcloth H8242 [fn]around their waists H4975 and 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 [fn]me live H2421.’” And Ahab said H559, “Is he still H5750 alive H2416? He is my brother H251.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:27 -

Yet it came H1961 about H1961, 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 H1980 despondently H328.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:30 - When the king H4428 heard H8085 the woman’s H802 words H1697, he tore H7167 his clothes H899—and he was passing H5674 by H5674 on the wall H2346—and the people H5971 looked H7200, and behold H2009, he had sackcloth H8242 [fn]underneath H1004 on his [fn]body H1320.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:1 -

Now when King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 heard H8085 the report, he tore H7167 his clothes H899, covered H3680 himself with sackcloth H8242, and entered H935 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:2 - Then he sent H7971 Eliakim H471, who H834 was in H5921 charge H5921 of 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:16 - Then David H1732 raised H5375 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 H5186 over H5921 Jerusalem H3389. Then David H1732 and the elders H2205, covered H3680 with sackcloth H8242, fell H5307 on their faces H6440.
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.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:1 -

When Mordecai H4782 learned H3045 of everything H3605 that had been done H6213, [fn]he tore H7167 his clothes H899, put H3847 on H3847 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665, and went H3318 out H3318 into the midst H8432 of the city H5892 and wailed H2199 H2201 loudly H1419 and bitterly H4751.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - And he came 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.
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 mourning H4553 rites H4553; and many H7227 had H3331 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 spread H3331 out H3331 as H3331 a H3331 bed H3331.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:4 -

Then Esther’s H635 attendants H5291 and her eunuchs H5631 came H935 and informed H5046 her, and the queen H4436 was seized H2342 by H2342 great H3966 fear H2342. And she sent H7971 garments H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai H4782 so that he would remove H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from him, but he did not accept H6901 them.

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 -

You have turned H2015 my mourning H4553 into dancing H4234 for me;

You have untied H6605 my sackcloth H8242 and encircled H247 me with joy H8057,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 -

But as for me, when they were H2470 sick H2470, my clothing H3830 was sackcloth H8242;

I humbled H6031 my soul H5315 with fasting H6685,

But my prayer H8605 kept returning H7725 to [fn]me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:11 -

When I made H5414 sackcloth H8242 my clothing H3830,

I became H1961 a proverb H4912 to them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:24 -

Now it will come H1961 about H1961 that instead H8478 of H8478 balsam H1314 oil H1314 there will be a stench H4716;

Instead H8478 of H8478 a belt H2290, a rope H5364;

Instead H8478 of H8478 well-set H4748 hair H4748, a plucked-out H7144 scalp H7144;

Instead H8478 of H8478 fine H6614 clothes H6614, a robe H4228 of sackcloth H8242;

And branding H3587 instead H8478 of H8478 beauty H3308.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 15:3 -

In their streets H2351 they have put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242;

On their housetops H1406 and in their public H7339 squares H7339

Everyone H3605 is H3213 wailing H3213, [fn]overcome H3381 with weeping H1065.

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 sandals H5275 off H4480 your feet H7272.” And he did H6213 so H3651, going H1980 naked H6174 and barefoot H3182.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:12 -

Therefore on that day H3117 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 of armies H6635 called H7121 you to weeping H1065, to wailing H4553,

To shaving H7144 the H7144 head H7144, and to wearing H2296 sackcloth H8242.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:1 -

Now when King H4428 Hezekiah H2396 heard H8085 the report, he tore H7167 his clothes H899, covered H3680 himself with sackcloth H8242, and entered H935 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:2 - Then he sent H7971 Eliakim H471, who H834 was in H5921 charge H5921 of 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:3 -

“I clothe H3847 the heavens H8064 with blackness H6940,

And make H7760 sackcloth H8242 their covering H3682.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 -

“Is it a fast H6685 like this H2088 that I choose H977, a day H3117 for a person 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 H3331 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 as H3331 a H3331 bed H3331?

Will you call H7121 this H2088 a fast H6685, even an acceptable H7522 day H3117 to the LORD H3068?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:8 -

“For this H2088, put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242,

Mourn H5594 and wail H3213;

For the fierce H2740 anger H639 of the LORD H3068

Has not turned H7725 away H7725 from us.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 -

Daughter H1323 of my people H5971, put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242

And roll H6428 in ashes H665;

[fn]Mourn H60 as for an only H3173 son H3173,

A most H8563 bitter H8563 mourning H4553.

For suddenly H6597 the destroyer H7703

Will come H935 against H935 us.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:37 - “For every H3605 head H7218 is shaved bald H7144, and every H3605 beard H2206 cut H1639 short H1639; there are gashes H1417 on all H3605 the hands H3027, and sackcloth H8242 around H5921 the waists H4975.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 -

“Wail H3213, Heshbon H2809, for Ai H5857 has been destroyed H7703!

Cry H6817 out H6817, daughters H1323 of Rabbah H7237,

Put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242 and mourn H5594,

And move H7751 about H7751 inside the walls H1448;

For [fn]Malcam H4445 will go H1980 into exile H1473

Together H3162 with his priests H3548 and his leaders H8269.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 -

The elders H2205 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726

Sit H3427 on the ground H776 and [fn]are H1826 silent H1826.

They have thrown H5927 dust H6083 on their heads H7218;

They have put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242.

The virgins H1330 of Jerusalem H3389

Have bowed H3381 their heads H7218 to the ground H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:18 - ‘They will put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242 and shuddering H6427 will overwhelm H3680 them; and shame H955 will be on all H3605 faces H6440, and a [fn]bald H7144 patch H7144 on all H3605 their heads H7218.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:31 -

“Also they will shave H7139 themselves bald H7139 H7144 for you

And put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth H8242;

And they will weep H1058 for you in bitterness H4751 of soul H5315

With bitter H4751 mourning H4553.

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - So I gave H5414 my [fn]attention H6440 to the Lord H136 God H430, to seek H1245 Him by prayer H8605 and pleading H8469, with fasting H6685, sackcloth H8242, and ashes H665.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:8 -

Wail H421 like a virgin H1330 clothed H2296 with sackcloth H8242

For the groom H1167 of her youth H5271.

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:13 -

Put H2296 on H2296 sackcloth

And mourn H5594, you priests H3548;

Wail H3213, you ministers H8334 of the altar H4196!

Come H935, spend H3885 the H3885 night H3885 in sackcloth H8242,

You ministers H8334 of my God H430,

For the grain offering H4503 and the drink H5262 offering H5262

Have been withheld H4513 from the house H1004 of your God H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 -

“Then I will turn H2015 your festivals H2282 into mourning H60,

And all H3605 your songs H7892 into songs H7015 of H7015 mourning H7015;

And I will put H5927 sackcloth H8242 around H5921 everyone’s H3605 waist H4975,

And [fn]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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 -

Then the people H376 of Nineveh H5210 believed H539 in God H430; and they called H7121 a fast H6685 and put H3847 on H3847 sackcloth H8242, from the greatest H1419 to the least H6996 of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:6 - When the word H1697 reached H5060 the king H4428 of Nineveh H5210, he got H6965 up H6965 from his throne H3678, removed H5674 his robe H155 from himself, covered H3680 himself with sackcloth H8242, and sat H3427 on the [fn]dust H665.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:8 - “But every person H120 and animal H929 must be covered H3680 with sackcloth H8242; and people are to call H7121 on God H430 vehemently H2394, and they are to turn H7725, each H376 one H376 from his evil H7451 way H1870, and from the violence H2555 which H834 is in their hands H3709.
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