Bible Dictionary: Sack

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

2. (n.) A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.

3. (n.) A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels.

4. (n.) Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack.

5. (n.) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

6. (n.) See 2d Sac, 2.

7. (n.) Bed.

8. (v. t.) To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.

9. (v. t.) To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

10. (n.) The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.

11. (v. t.) To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.

Greek

4526. sakkos -- sackcloth
... sackcloth. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: sakkos Phonetic Spelling:
(sak'-kos) Short Definition: sack-cloth Definition: sack-cloth, a sign of ...
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4082. pera -- a leather pouch
... a leather pouch. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: pera Phonetic Spelling:
(pay'-rah) Short Definition: a sack, wallet Definition: a sack, wallet ...
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4199. portheo -- to destroy
... destroy, waste. Prolongation from pertho (to sack); to ravage (figuratively) --
destroy, waste. (eporthei) -- 1 Occurrence. (eporthoun) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

572. amtachath -- a sack
... 571, 572. amtachath. 573 . a sack. Transliteration: amtachath Phonetic
Spelling: (am-takh'-ath) Short Definition: sack. Word Origin ...
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8242. saq -- sack, sackcloth
... 8241, 8242. saq. 8243 . sack, sackcloth. Transliteration: saq Phonetic
Spelling: (sak) Short Definition: sackcloth. Word Origin ...
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6861. tsiqqalon -- perhaps garment
... 6860, 6861. tsiqqalon. 6862 . perhaps garment. Transliteration: tsiqqalon
Phonetic Spelling: (tsik-lone') Short Definition: sack. ...
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3627. keli -- an article, utensil, vessel
... 6), implements (2), instruments (14), items (1), jar (2), jars (1), jars* (1), jewels
(3), jewels* (1), object (3), pots (1), pottery (1), sack (1), something ...
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Library

The Sack of Rome
... SAINT AUGUSTIN I THE SACK OF ROME. ... The prey was handed to him. The sack of
Rome seems to have lasted for three days and three nights. ...
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That the Cruelties which Occurred in the Sack of Rome were in ...
... The City of God.Book I. Chapter 7."That the Cruelties Which Occurred in the Sack
of Rome Were in Accordance with the Custom of War, Whereas the Acts of ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 7 that the cruelties which.htm

The Mystery of the Lost Brother
... After dinner, Joseph said to his steward: "Fill the men's sacks with grain, as
much as they can carry, and put each man's money in his sack. ...
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Chapter xliv
... over his household, saying: Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they
will be able to carry away, and place each man's money in the mouth of his sack ...
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Inconsideration Deplored. Rev. Joshua Priestley.
... A man left his cottage very early one morning taking with him a sack, and accompanied
by his son, a little boy. ... He took up his sack and returned home. ...
/.../inconsideration deplored rev joshua priestley.htm

The Testing of Joseph's Brothers
... Then Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with grain and to put every man's
money back in his sack and to give them food for the journey; and thus it was ...
/.../sherman/the childrens bible/the testing of josephs brothers.htm

Esther, the Queen.
... Then Mordecai rent his clothes in sign of mourning, and went out into the streets
of the city clothed in sack-cloth uttering a loud and bitter cry. ...
/.../lathbury/childs story of the bible/chapter xxxiv esther the queen.htm

The Question of the Tall Gentleman as to Whether Diamond could ...
... Took their legs and their wings and followed him all; Squirrels that carried their
tails like a sack,. ... "That's where I live," said the sack-backed squirrel,. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 20 the question of.htm

Given to Abstraction of Thought. Cases in Point. Opinion of ...
... On one occasion I was told to go to the lot and catch a horse and come to the crib,
and my father would put the sack on for me, and I was to go to mill. ...
/.../chapter v given to abstraction.htm

The Fulness of Christ
... If I may so say, the sack, the coarse-spun sack of Christ's humanity, had to be
cut asunder in order that the wealth that was stored in it might be poured into ...
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Thesaurus

Sack (15 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance.
The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. ...
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Sack's (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Sack's (3 Occurrences). Genesis 42:27 And as one
of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the ...
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Sacks (12 Occurrences)
... Genesis 42:25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore
every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and ...
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Bag (52 Occurrences)
... (3.) Another word rendered "bag" in 1 Samuel 17:40 is rendered "sack" in Genesis
42:25; and in 1 Samuel 9:7; 21:5 "vessel," or wallet for carrying food. ...
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Lodging-place (7 Occurrences)
... Genesis 42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the
lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his ...
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Lodging (24 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Genesis 42:27 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 mouth of his sack. ...
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Silver (329 Occurrences)
... Genesis 42:25 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore
every man's money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. ...
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Inn (7 Occurrences)
... Genesis 42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the
inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. ...
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Youngest (26 Occurrences)
... Genesis 44:2 Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with
his grain money." He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. ...
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Bible Concordance

Sack (15 Occurrences)

Luke 10:4 Carry neither purse, nor sack, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
(WBS)

Luke 22:35 And he said to them, When I sent you without purse, and sack, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
(WBS)

Luke 22:36 Then said he to them, But now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his sack: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
(WBS)

Genesis 42:25 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 42:27 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 mouth of his sack.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 42:28 He said to his brothers, "My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!" Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 42:35 It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 43:21 When we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. We have brought it back in our hand.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 44:1 He commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 44:2 Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money." He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 44:11 Then they hurried, and every man took his sack down to the ground, and every man opened his sack.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 44:12 He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:32 On whatever any of them falls when they are dead, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, "But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?"
(See NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 4:42 A man from Baal Shalishah came, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. He said, "Give to the people, that they may eat."
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Sack

Related Terms

Sack's (3 Occurrences)

Sacks (12 Occurrences)

Bag (52 Occurrences)

Lodging-place (7 Occurrences)

Lodging (24 Occurrences)

Silver (329 Occurrences)

Inn (7 Occurrences)

Youngest (26 Occurrences)

Lowered (14 Occurrences)