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Strong's #08242 - שַׂק
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1341) qx (סק SQ) AC: ? CO: Sack AB: ?: (eng: sack)
A) qx (סק SQ) AC: ? CO: Sack AB: ?
Nm ) qx (סק SQ) - Sack: [df: qV] KJV (48): sack, sackcloth - Strongs: H8242 (שַׂק)
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שַׂק m. with suff.-שַׂקּוֹ, plur. שַׂקִּים
(1) sack-cloth, thick cloth, especially made of hair, like strainers (see the root שָׂקַק ), used also for corn sacks and mourning garments. (Compare Ethiop. ሠቅ፡ sack-cloth, hence the clothing of monks and holy pilgrims, ሠቅሠቅ፡ lattice, Gr. σάκος, σάκκος, sack-cloth, Lat. saccus, which Jerome also used for the garment of a pilgrim; also, σάγος, sagum, i.e. a thick cloak used by soldiers.) Isaiah 3:24, מַחֲגֹרֶת שַׂק a girdle of sackcloth. Hence
(2) a corn sack, Genesis 42:25, 27 Genesis 42:27, 35 Genesis 42:35; Leviticus 11:32.
(3) the dress of mourners, Genesis 37:34; 2 Samuel 3:31; Esther 4:1; Joel 1:8; Jonah 3:6 of devotees and prophets, Isaiah 20:2.
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