Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H8242

Strong's H8242 · Hebrew

שַׂק

saq · /sak/

Number
H8242
Language
Hebrew
Original word
שַׂק
Transliteration
saq
Pronunciation
sak
KJV occurrences
46 verses

Definition

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.)

KJV: sack(-cloth, -clothes).

Root / derivation: from H8264 (שָׁקַק);

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered שַׂק across 46 verses.

sackcloth41×
sack4×
sacks2×
sackclothes1×

Every occurrence (KJV)

46 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Genesis4 verses
Leviticus1 verse
Joshua1 verse
2 Samuel2 verses
1 Kings3 verses
2 Kings3 verses
1 Chronicles1 verse
Nehemiah1 verse
Esther4 verses
Esther 4:1

When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

Esther 4:2

And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

Esther 4:3

And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. many: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many

Esther 4:4

So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not. chamberlains: Heb. eunuchs

Job1 verse
Psalms3 verses
Isaiah8 verses
Isaiah 3:24

And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.

Isaiah 15:3

In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. weeping: Heb. descending into weeping, or, coming down with weeping

Isaiah 20:2

At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. by: Heb. by the hand of

Isaiah 22:12

And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

Isaiah 37:1

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

Isaiah 37:2

And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

Isaiah 50:3

I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

Isaiah 58:5

Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? a day: or, to afflict his soul for a day?

Jeremiah4 verses
Lamentations1 verse
Ezekiel2 verses
Daniel1 verse
Joel2 verses
Amos1 verse
Jonah3 verses

Topics that use this word

Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H8242 (saq) mean?

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.)

How many times does H8242 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H8242 (שַׂק) appears in 46 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “sackcloth.”

How is saq translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H8242 is rendered as “sackcloth” (41×), “sack” (4×), “sacks” (2×), “sackclothes” (1×).

Where does the Hebrew word שַׂק come from?

from H8264 (שָׁקַק);