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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7936 - סָכַר

Transliteration

sâkar

Phonetics

saw-kar', saw-kar'

Origin

a primitive root [apparently akin (by prosthesis) to (H3739) through the idea of temporary purchase]

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

2264.1

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to hire
1. (Qal) to hire
2. (Niphal) to hire oneself out
3. (Hithpael) to earn wages

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (21)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 3

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Haggai 2

BSB (19)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 3

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Haggai 2

CSB (20)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 3

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Haggai 2

ESV (20)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 3

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Haggai 1

KJV (21)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 3

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Haggai 2

LEB (18)

Genesis 1

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 3

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Haggai 1

LSB (21)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 2

1 Samuel 2

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 3

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Haggai 2

N95 (20)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 3

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Haggai 2

NAS (21)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Nehemiah 3

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Haggai 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (21)

Genesis 2

Deuteronomy 1

Judges 2

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 2

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 3

Proverbs 2

Isaiah 1

Haggai 2

ASV (21)

all, so is he that hireth 1

and because they hired 1

and he that earneth wages 1

and he that hireth 1

and hired 2

and they hired 1

but hired 1

earneth wages 1

for this cause was he hired 1

had hired him 1

hath hired 1

have hired out 1

he hired 1

hired 2

so they hired 1

they hire 1

to hire 1

unto me; for i have surely 1

with me, and he hath hired 1

BSB (19)

and he has hired me 1

but had hired 1

had been hired 1

had hired him 1

he also hired 1

hire themselves out 1

hired 2

i have hired you 1

is he who hires 1

must have hired 1

or 1

so they hired 1

they hire 1

they hired 2

to hire 2

you earn wages 1

CSB (20)

bribed 1

earner 1

hire 2

hired 11

hires 1

hiring 1

or who hires 1

out 1

puts his wages 1

ESV (20)

bribed 1

drunkard 1

earns wages 1

for 1

hire 2

hired 12

hired themselves out 1

hires 1

KJV (21)

hire 2

hired 13

out 1

rewardeth 2

surely 1

wages 2

LEB (18)

⌊i have hired⌋ 1

and bribed 1

and he hired 1

and they hired for themselves thirty 1

but hired 1

for me and hired me 1

had hired him 1

has hired 1

hire 1

hired 1

must hire themselves out 1

or he who hires 1

so is he who hires 1

the one who earns wages 1

they hired 1

to hire 1

was hired 1

word and hired aram beth 1

LSB (21)

earns 2

hire 3

hired 12

hires 2

out 1

surely 1

N95 (20)

earns 2

hire 3

hired 12

hires 2

surely 1

NAS (21)

earns 2

hire 3

hired 12

hires 2

indeed 1

out 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (21)

and because they hired 1

and he who earns wages 1

and hired 2

and they hired 1

but hired 1

earns wages 1

had hired him 1

has hired 1

have hired themselves out 1

he hired 2

hired 2

or he who hires 1

so they hired 1

they hire 1

to hire 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2479) r k x (סכר SKR) AC: Hire CO: Wage AB: ?: A payment of wages or reward for services. [from: kx- as a covering for services] (eng: succor, secure)

V) r k x (סכר SKR) - Hire: [df: rkV] KJV (21): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael) hire, reward, wage - Strongs: H7936 (סָכַר)

N^m ) r k x (סכר SKR) - Wage: The reward or price paid for ones labor. [df: rkV] KJV (30): hire, reward, wage, price, fare, worth, sluice - Strongs: H7938 (שֶׂכֶר), H7939 (שָׂכָר)

b^m ) r i k x (סכיר SKYR) - Hireling: One who is hired for service. [df: rykV] KJV (17): servant, hireling, hired - Strongs: H7916 (שָׂכִיר)

b^f1 ) e r i k x (סכירה SKYRH) - Hireling: One who is hired for service. [df: hrykV] KJV (1): hired - Strongs: H7917 (שְׂכִירָה)

n^m ) r k x a (אסכר ASKR) - Payment: [df: rksa] KJV (2): gift, present - Strongs: H814 (אֶשְׁכָּר)

ac^f2 ) t r f k x m (מסכורת MSKWRT) - Wage: [df: trkVm] KJV (4): wages, reward - Strongs: H4909 (מַשְׂכֹּרֶת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

II. [סָכַר] verb hire ( = שָׂכַר; ס erroneously for שׂ); — only

Qal Participle plural וְסֹכְרִים Ezra 4:5 and hiring against (על) them agents.

שָׂכַר verb hire (Late Hebrew id.; Sabean תשכר hire oneself out (?), recompense (?) DHM^{Hofmus. 11}; Ethiopic hired; Arabic reward, thank, modern Palestinian hired, of land ploughed by hire, Bergheim^{PEQ 1894,196}; Palmyrene שכרא perhaps rewarding Lzb³⁷⁵); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳שׂ Deuteronomy 23:5; 2 Kings 7:6, suffix שְׂכָרוֺ Nehemiah 6:12; 1 singular suffix שְׂכַרְתִּיךָ Genesis 30:16; Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִּשְׂכֹּר Judges 9:4 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׂכֹר Genesis 30:16; construct לִשְׂכֹּר 1 Chronicles 19:6; Participle active שׂכֵר Proverbs 26:10 (twice in verse), plural שׂכְרִים 2 Chronicles 24:12 ( Ezra 4:5 see II. סכר); passive שָׂכוּר Nehemiah 6:13; — hire, retainers Judges 9:4 (ב pret.), soldiers, etc. 2 Samuel 10:6 = 1 Chronicles 19:6,7; 2 Kings 7:6; 2 Chronicles 25:6 (ב pret.), priest Judges 18:4, artificers Isaiah 46:6; 2 Chronicles 24:12, husband's favour שָׂכֹר שְׂכַרְתִּיךָ Genesis 30:16 (J; ב pret.); Proverbs 26:10 (twice in verse) obscure, see De Now Toy; for evil purpose Deuteronomy 23:5 = Nehemiah 13:2 (על against), Nehemiah 6:12,13,

Niph`al hire oneself out, Perfect בַּלֶּחֶם נִשְׂכָּ֑רוּ 1 Samuel 2:5.

Hithpa`el earn wages, Participle הַמְּשְׂתַּכֵּר Haggai 1:6 (as substantive), ׳מ Haggai 1:6 (as verb, + אֶל location, construction praegn.).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

סָכַר not used in Kal, i.q. סָנַר to shut (Syr. and Arab. ܣܟܰܪ, سكر id.).

Niphal, to be shut up, Genesis 8:2 Ps. 63:12.

Piel, i.q. סִגֵּר and הִסְגִּיר to give over, to deliver, Isaiah 19:4.

II. סָכַר i.q. שָׂכַר to hire, Ezra 4:5.

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List of Word Forms

וְהַ֨מִּשְׂתַּכֵּ֔ר וְסֹכְרִ֧ים וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר וַיִּשְׂכְּר֣וּ וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִי וַיִּשְׂכְּרוּ֩ וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר והמשתכר וישכר וישכרו וישכרני וסכרים ושכר יִשְׂכְּר֤וּ ישכרו לִשְׂכֹּ֣ר לשכר מִשְׂתַּכֵּ֖ר משתכר נִשְׂכָּ֔רוּ נשכרו שְׂכַרְתִּ֔יךָ שְׂכָרֽוֹ׃ שָֽׂכַר־ שָׂכַ֨ר שָׂכֹ֣ר שָׂכוּר֙ שֹׂכְרִים֙ שכור שכר שכר־ שכרו׃ שכרים שכרתיך liś·kōr lisKor liśkōr miś·tak·kêr mistakKer miśtakkêr niś·kā·rū nisKaru niśkārū śā·ḵar śā·ḵar- śā·ḵōr śā·ḵūr saChar saChor saChur śāḵar śāḵar- śāḵōr śāḵūr śə·ḵā·rōw śə·ḵar·tî·ḵā sechaRo secharTicha śəḵārōw śəḵartîḵā śō·ḵə·rîm socheRim śōḵərîm vaiyiskeReni vaiyiskeRu vaiyisKor veHammistakKer vesoCher vesocheRim way·yiś·kə·rê·nî way·yiś·kə·rū way·yiś·kōr wayyiśkərênî wayyiśkərū wayyiśkōr wə·ham·miś·tak·kêr wə·sō·ḵə·rîm wə·śō·ḵêr wəhammiśtakkêr wəśōḵêr wəsōḵərîm yiś·kə·rū yiskeRu yiśkərū