# H8242 שַׂק

שַׂק (saq), Strong’s H8242: 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…

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*saq* — 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).

Derived from [שָׁקַק shâqaq](https://besorah.bible/word/H8264) (to course)

Occurs 48 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שַׂק n.m. sack, sackcloth

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 37:34](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/37?v=34) — Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
- [Genesis 42:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=25) — Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give…
- [Genesis 42:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=27) — As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the…
- [Genesis 42:35](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/42?v=35) — As they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their…
- [Leviticus 11:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/11?v=32) — Anything they fall on when they are dead shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or…
- [Joshua 9:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/9?v=4) — they also resorted to a ruse, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their donkeys…
- [2 Samuel 3:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=31) — David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, and clothe yourselves with sackcloth…
- [2 Samuel 21:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/21?v=10) — Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until…
- [1 Kings 20:31](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/20?v=31) — His servants said to him, “See now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Please let…
- [1 Kings 20:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/20?v=32) — So they put sackcloth on their bodies and ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, “Your servant…