HEBREW / ARAMAIC · 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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Sackcloth
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G4526
σάκκος
sakkos — sackcloth
σάκκος also written σάκος, -ου, ὁ (cf. Heb. שַׂק, which it renders in LXX), 1. a coarse cloth, sackcloth, usually made of hair: Rev.6:12. 2. Anything made of sackcloth; (a) a sack (Gen.42:25, al.); (b) a garment of sackcloth, expressive of mourning or penitence: Mat.11:21, Luk.10:13, Rev.11:3.† (AS)
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דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק
dam.me.seq — Damascus
§ Damascus = "silent is the sackcloth weaver" an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem
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Cloth made of black goats’ hair, coarse, rough, and thick, used for sacks, and also worn by mourners (Gen. 37:34; 42:25; 2 Sam. 3:31; Esther 4:1, 2; Ps. 30:11, etc.), and as a sign of repentance (Matt. 11:21). It was put upon animals by the people of Nineveh (Jonah 3:8).
Scripture references
Genesis 37:34Genesis 42:252 Samuel 3:31Esther 4:1Esther 4:2Psalms 30:11Matthew 11:21Jonah 3:8Isaiah 50:3Revelation 6:121 Kings 21:272 Kings 6:30Job 16:15Isaiah 32:11
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.