Strong's Hebrew #8242 - שַׂק saq (sack)

sackcloth,

From shaqaq; 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).

see HEBREW shaqaq

1) mesh, sackcloth, sack, sacking
1a) sack (for grain)
1b) sackcloth
1b1) worn in mourning or humiliation
1b2) same material spread out to lie on
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H8264
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2282a

שַׂק noun masculine^{Joshua 9:4} sack, sackcloth (see Schw^{ZAW xi (1891), 173} who conjectures Egyptian origin; Late Hebrew סַק sackcloth (rare); Assyrian ša‡‡u, sack (Dl^{HWB 687 a}), sackcloth (Wkl^{Altor. Forsch, vi. 44}); Ethiopic = Biblical Hebrew; Aramaic סַקָּא, ; Greek σάκκος Lewy^{Fremdw. 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 Now^{Archaeology i. 192 f.} SACook^{Ency. 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.

Strong's Hebrew: 8242. שָׂק (saq) — 48 Occurrences

Genesis 37:34
HEB: שִׂמְלֹתָ֔יו וַיָּ֥שֶׂם שַׂ֖ק בְּמָתְנָ֑יו וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֥ל
NAS: and put sackcloth on his loins
KJV: and put sackcloth upon his loins,
INT: his clothes and put sackcloth his loins and mourned

Genesis 42:25
HEB: אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־ שַׂקּ֔וֹ וְלָתֵ֥ת לָהֶ֛ם
NAS: money in his sack, and to give
KJV: money into his sack, and to give
INT: every in his sack give provisions

Genesis 42:27
HEB: הָאֶחָ֜ד אֶת־ שַׂקּ֗וֹ לָתֵ֥ת מִסְפּ֛וֹא
NAS: [of them] opened his sack to give
KJV: of them opened his sack to give
INT: opened one his sack to give fodder

Genesis 42:35
HEB: הֵ֚ם מְרִיקִ֣ים שַׂקֵּיהֶ֔ם וְהִנֵּה־ אִ֥ישׁ
NAS: about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold,
KJV: And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's
INT: as they emptied their sacks behold every

Genesis 42:35
HEB: צְרוֹר־ כַּסְפּ֖וֹ בְּשַׂקּ֑וֹ וַיִּרְא֞וּ אֶת־
NAS: of money [was] in his sack; and when they and their father
KJV: of money [was] in his sack: and when [both] they and their father
INT: bundle of money his sack saw their bundles

Leviticus 11:32
HEB: עוֹר֙ א֣וֹ שָׂ֔ק כָּל־ כְּלִ֕י
NAS: a skin, or a sack-- any article
KJV: or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel
INT: A skin or A sack any article

Joshua 9:4
HEB: וַיִּצְטַיָּ֑רוּ וַיִּקְח֞וּ שַׂקִּ֤ים בָּלִים֙ לַחֲמ֣וֹרֵיהֶ֔ם
NAS: worn-out sacks on their donkeys,
KJV: old sacks upon their asses,
INT: envoys and took sacks worn-out their donkeys

2 Samuel 3:31
HEB: בִגְדֵיכֶם֙ וְחִגְר֣וּ שַׂקִּ֔ים וְסִפְד֖וּ לִפְנֵ֣י
NAS: and gird on sackcloth and lament
KJV: and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn
INT: your clothes and gird sackcloth and lament before

2 Samuel 21:10
HEB: אַיָּ֨ה אֶת־ הַשַּׂ֜ק וַתַּטֵּ֨הוּ לָ֤הּ
NAS: took sackcloth and spread
KJV: took sackcloth, and spread
INT: the daughter of Aiah sackcloth and spread about

1 Kings 20:31
HEB: נָשִׂ֣ימָה נָּא֩ שַׂקִּ֨ים בְּמָתְנֵ֜ינוּ וַחֲבָלִ֣ים
NAS: let us put sackcloth on our loins
KJV: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins,
INT: put please sackcloth our loins and ropes

1 Kings 20:32
HEB: וַיַּחְגְּרוּ֩ שַׂקִּ֨ים בְּמָתְנֵיהֶ֜ם וַחֲבָלִ֣ים
NAS: So they girded sackcloth on their loins
KJV: So they girded sackcloth on their loins,
INT: girded sackcloth their loins and ropes

1 Kings 21:27
HEB: בְּגָדָ֔יו וַיָּֽשֶׂם־ שַׂ֥ק עַל־ בְּשָׂר֖וֹ
NAS: and put on sackcloth and fasted,
KJV: and put sackcloth upon his flesh,
INT: his clothes and put sackcloth upon his flesh

1 Kings 21:27
HEB: וַיָּצ֑וֹם וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב בַּשָּׂ֔ק וַיְהַלֵּ֖ךְ אַֽט׃
NAS: and he lay in sackcloth and went
KJV: and lay in sackcloth, and went
INT: and fasted lay sackcloth and went despondently

2 Kings 6:30
HEB: הָעָ֔ם וְהִנֵּ֥ה הַשַּׂ֛ק עַל־ בְּשָׂר֖וֹ
NAS: and behold, he had sackcloth beneath
KJV: looked, and, behold, [he had] sackcloth within
INT: and the people and behold had sackcloth on his body

2 Kings 19:1
HEB: בְּגָדָ֑יו וַיִּתְכַּ֣ס בַּשָּׂ֔ק וַיָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֥ית
NAS: covered himself with sackcloth and entered
KJV: and covered himself with sackcloth, and went
INT: his clothes covered sackcloth and entered the house

2 Kings 19:2
HEB: הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים מִתְכַּסִּ֖ים בַּשַּׂקִּ֑ים אֶל־ יְשַֽׁעְיָ֥הוּ
NAS: covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah
KJV: covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah
INT: of the priests covered sackcloth to Isaiah

1 Chronicles 21:16
HEB: וְהַזְּקֵנִ֛ים מְכֻסִּ֥ים בַּשַּׂקִּ֖ים עַל־ פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: covered with sackcloth, fell
KJV: [of Israel, who were] clothed in sackcloth, fell
INT: and the elders covered sackcloth over their faces

Nehemiah 9:1
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ בְּצ֣וֹם וּבְשַׂקִּ֔ים וַאֲדָמָ֖ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
NAS: with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt
KJV: with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth
INT: of Israel fasting sackcloth dirt and

Esther 4:1
HEB: בְּגָדָ֔יו וַיִּלְבַּ֥שׁ שַׂ֖ק וָאֵ֑פֶר וַיֵּצֵא֙
NAS: put on sackcloth and ashes,
KJV: and put on sackcloth with ashes,
INT: his clothes put sackcloth and ashes and went

Esther 4:2
HEB: הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בִּלְב֥וּשׁ שָֽׂק׃
NAS: gate clothed in sackcloth.
KJV: gate clothed with sackcloth.
INT: the king's clothed sackcloth

Esther 4:3
HEB: וּבְכִ֖י וּמִסְפֵּ֑ד שַׂ֣ק וָאֵ֔פֶר יֻצַּ֖ע
NAS: and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.
KJV: and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
INT: weeping and wailing sackcloth and ashes lay

Esther 4:4
HEB: מָרְדֳּכַ֗י וּלְהָסִ֥יר שַׂקּ֛וֹ מֵעָלָ֖יו וְלֹ֥א
NAS: that he might remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept
KJV: and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received
INT: Mordecai remove his sackcloth and did not

Job 16:15
HEB: שַׂ֣ק תָּ֭פַרְתִּי עֲלֵ֣י
NAS: I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
KJV: I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin,
INT: sackcloth have sewed over

Psalm 30:11
HEB: לִ֥י פִּתַּ֥חְתָּ שַׂקִּ֑י וַֽתְּאַזְּרֵ֥נִי שִׂמְחָֽה׃
NAS: You have loosed my sackcloth and girded
KJV: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded
INT: dancing have loosed my sackcloth and girded gladness

Psalm 35:13
HEB: בַּחֲלוֹתָ֡ם לְב֬וּשִׁי שָׂ֗ק עִנֵּ֣יתִי בַצּ֣וֹם
NAS: my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled
KJV: my clothing [was] sackcloth: I humbled
INT: were sick my clothing was sackcloth humbled fasting

Psalm 69:11
HEB: וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה לְבוּשִׁ֣י שָׂ֑ק וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם
NAS: When I made sackcloth my clothing,
KJV: I made sackcloth also my garment;
INT: made my clothing sackcloth became like

Isaiah 3:24
HEB: פְּתִיגִ֖יל מַחֲגֹ֣רֶת שָׂ֑ק כִּי־ תַ֖חַת
NAS: a donning of sackcloth; And branding
KJV: a girding of sackcloth; [and] burning
INT: of fine A donning of sackcloth and branding instead

Isaiah 15:3
HEB: בְּחוּצֹתָ֖יו חָ֣גְרוּ שָׂ֑ק עַ֣ל גַּגּוֹתֶ֧יהָ
NAS: they have girded themselves with sackcloth; On their housetops
KJV: they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops
INT: their streets have girded sackcloth on their housetops

Isaiah 20:2
HEB: לֵ֗ךְ וּפִתַּחְתָּ֤ הַשַּׂק֙ מֵעַ֣ל מָתְנֶ֔יךָ
NAS: and loosen the sackcloth from your hips
KJV: and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins,
INT: Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips

Isaiah 22:12
HEB: וּלְקָרְחָ֖ה וְלַחֲגֹ֥ר שָֽׂק׃
NAS: and to wearing sackcloth.
KJV: and to girding with sackcloth:
INT: to shaving wearing sackcloth

Isaiah 37:1
HEB: בְּגָדָ֑יו וַיִּתְכַּ֣ס בַּשָּׂ֔ק וַיָּבֹ֖א בֵּ֥ית
NAS: covered himself with sackcloth and entered
KJV: and covered himself with sackcloth, and went
INT: his clothes covered sackcloth and entered the house

Isaiah 37:2
HEB: הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים מִתְכַּסִּ֖ים בַּשַּׂקִּ֑ים אֶל־ יְשַֽׁעְיָ֥הוּ
NAS: covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah
KJV: covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah
INT: of the priests covered sackcloth to Isaiah

Isaiah 50:3
HEB: שָׁמַ֖יִם קַדְר֑וּת וְשַׂ֖ק אָשִׂ֥ים כְּסוּתָֽם׃
NAS: And make sackcloth their covering.
KJV: and I make sackcloth their covering.
INT: the heavens blackness sackcloth and make their covering

Isaiah 58:5
HEB: כְּאַגְמֹ֜ן רֹאשׁ֗וֹ וְשַׂ֤ק וָאֵ֙פֶר֙ יַצִּ֔יעַ
NAS: And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes
KJV: and to spread sackcloth and ashes
INT: A reed head sackcloth and ashes spreading

Jeremiah 4:8
HEB: זֹ֛את חִגְר֥וּ שַׂקִּ֖ים סִפְד֣וּ וְהֵילִ֑ילוּ
NAS: put on sackcloth, Lament
KJV: For this gird you with sackcloth, lament
INT: likewise put sackcloth Lament and wail

Jeremiah 6:26
HEB: עַמִּ֤י חִגְרִי־ שָׂק֙ וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣י בָאֵ֔פֶר
NAS: put on sackcloth And roll
KJV: gird [thee] with sackcloth, and wallow
INT: of my people put sackcloth and roll ashes

Jeremiah 48:37
HEB: וְעַל־ מָתְנַ֖יִם שָֽׂק׃
NAS: the hands and sackcloth on the loins.
KJV: and upon the loins sackcloth.
INT: on the loins and sackcloth

Jeremiah 49:3
HEB: רַבָּה֒ חֲגֹ֣רְנָה שַׂקִּ֔ים סְפֹ֕דְנָה וְהִתְשׁוֹטַ֖טְנָה
NAS: Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament,
KJV: gird you with sackcloth; lament,
INT: of Rabbah Gird sackcloth and lament and rush

Lamentations 2:10
HEB: רֹאשָׁ֔ם חָגְר֖וּ שַׂקִּ֑ים הוֹרִ֤ידוּ לָאָ֙רֶץ֙
NAS: They have girded themselves with sackcloth. The virgins
KJV: they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins
INT: their heads have girded sackcloth have bowed to the ground

Ezekiel 7:18
HEB: וְחָגְר֣וּ שַׂקִּ֔ים וְכִסְּתָ֥ה אוֹתָ֖ם
NAS: They will gird themselves with sackcloth and shuddering
KJV: They shall also gird [themselves] with sackcloth, and horror
INT: will gird sackcloth will overwhelm and shuddering

Ezekiel 27:31
HEB: קָרְחָ֔ה וְחָגְר֖וּ שַׂקִּ֑ים וּבָכ֥וּ אֵלַ֛יִךְ
NAS: for you And gird themselves with sackcloth; And they will weep
KJV: for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep
INT: utterly and gird sackcloth will weep for

Daniel 9:3
HEB: וְתַחֲנוּנִ֑ים בְּצ֖וֹם וְשַׂ֥ק וָאֵֽפֶר׃
NAS: with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.
KJV: with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
INT: and supplications fasting sackcloth and ashes

Joel 1:8
HEB: כִּבְתוּלָ֥ה חֲגֻֽרַת־ שַׂ֖ק עַל־ בַּ֥עַל
NAS: girded with sackcloth For the bridegroom
KJV: girded with sackcloth for the husband
INT: A virgin girded sackcloth For the bridegroom

Joel 1:13
HEB: בֹּ֚אוּ לִ֣ינוּ בַשַּׂקִּ֔ים מְשָׁרְתֵ֖י אֱלֹהָ֑י
NAS: spend the night in sackcloth O ministers
KJV: lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers
INT: Come spend sackcloth ministers of my God

Amos 8:10
HEB: כָּל־ מָתְנַ֙יִם֙ שָׂ֔ק וְעַל־ כָּל־
NAS: And I will bring sackcloth on everyone's
KJV: and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins,
INT: everyone's loins sackcloth on every

Jonah 3:5
HEB: צוֹם֙ וַיִּלְבְּשׁ֣וּ שַׂקִּ֔ים מִגְּדוֹלָ֖ם וְעַד־
NAS: and put on sackcloth from the greatest
KJV: and put on sackcloth, from the greatest
INT: A fast and put sackcloth the greatest against

Jonah 3:6
HEB: מֵֽעָלָ֑יו וַיְכַ֣ס שַׂ֔ק וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב עַל־
NAS: from him, covered [himself] with sackcloth and sat
KJV: from him, and covered [him] with sackcloth, and sat
INT: and covered sackcloth and sat on

Jonah 3:8
HEB: וְיִתְכַּסּ֣וּ שַׂקִּ֗ים הָֽאָדָם֙ וְהַבְּהֵמָ֔ה
NAS: must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call
KJV: be covered with sackcloth, and cry
INT: must be covered sackcloth man and beast