Strong's H8242

שַׂק

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

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.)

Derivation

from H8264 (שָׁקַק);

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, שַׂק is translated as: sack(-cloth, -clothes)..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.