TBESH · H8242
שַׂק · saq · sackcloth
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
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saq H8242
שַׂק (saq) means “sackcloth” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
שַׂק Hebrew · H8242 48 tagged occurrences in 46 verses
Pronunciation guide: sak Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H8264 (שָׁקַק); 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 glosses: sack(-cloth, -clothes).
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How translators render H8242
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sackcloth | 25 |
| in sackcloth | 6 |
| his sack | 2 |
| the sackcloth | 2 |
| with sackcloth | 2 |
| and wearing sackcloth | 1 |
| his sackcloth | 1 |
| is sackcloth | 1 |
| my sackcloth | 1 |
| of sackcloth | 1 |
| on sackcloth | 1 |
| sack | 1 |
| sacks | 1 |
| their sacks | 1 |
| yourselves in sackcloth | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sackcloth | 14 |
| with sackcloth | 9 |
| in sackcloth | 4 |
| you with sackcloth | 3 |
| himself with sackcloth | 2 |
| themselves with sackcloth | 2 |
| and sackcloth | 1 |
| and with sackclothes | 1 |
| his sack | 1 |
| his sackcloth | 1 |
| in his sack | 1 |
| into his sack | 1 |
| my sackcloth | 1 |
| of sackcloth | 1 |
| on sackcloth | 1 |
| or sack | 1 |
| sacks | 1 |
| the sackcloth | 1 |
| their sacks | 1 |
| them with sackcloth | 1 |
Verses containing H8242
Page 1 of 1. 46 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 37:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
Read word by word - Genesis 42:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,
Read word by word - Genesis 42:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.
Read word by word - Genesis 42:35
· BSB · 2 occurrences
As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.
Read word by word - Leviticus 11:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
Read word by word - Joshua 9:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 3:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 21:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 20:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
Read word by word - 1 Kings 20:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
Read word by word - 1 Kings 21:27
· BSB · 2 occurrences
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 6:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes. And as he passed by on the wall, the people saw the sackcloth under his clothes next to his skin.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 19:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 19:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 21:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 9:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
Read word by word - Esther 4:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
Read word by word - Esther 4:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
Read word by word - Esther 4:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Read word by word - Esther 4:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
Read word by word - Job 16:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
Read word by word - Psalms 30:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 30.12
- Psalms 35:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Read word by word - Psalms 69:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 69.12
- Isaiah 3:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.
Read word by word - Isaiah 15:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.
Read word by word - Isaiah 20:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.
Read word by word - Isaiah 22:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
Read word by word - Isaiah 37:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
Read word by word - Isaiah 37:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
Read word by word - Isaiah 50:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 58:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 6:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:37
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For every head is shaved and every beard is clipped; on every hand is a gash, and around every waist is sackcloth.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 49:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed; cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; run back and forth within your walls, for Milcom will go into exile together with his priests and officials.
Read word by word - Lamentations 2:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 7:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 27:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.
Read word by word - Daniel 9:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Read word by word - Joel 1:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
Read word by word - Joel 1:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
Read word by word - Amos 8:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.
Read word by word - Jonah 3:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.
Read word by word - Jonah 3:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Read word by word - Jonah 3:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
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