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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #7916 - שָׂכִיר

Transliteration

sâkîyr

Phonetics

saw-keer'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H7936)

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TWOT

2264.1c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) hired

1a) hired (of animal)

1b) hireling, hired labourer (substantive)

1b1) mercenary

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3407 ‑ μίσθιος (mis'‑thee‑os); 3411 ‑ μισθωτός (mis‑tho‑tos');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (17)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 6

Deuteronomy 2

Job 3

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Malachi 1

NAS (31)

Exodus 3

Leviticus 12

Deuteronomy 4

Job 6

Isaiah 4

Malachi 2

HCS (18)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 6

Deuteronomy 2

Job 3

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 1

Malachi 1

BSB (17)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 6

Deuteronomy 2

Job 3

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Malachi 1

ESV (15)

Leviticus 6

Deuteronomy 2

Job 3

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Malachi 1

WEB (16)

Exodus 2

Leviticus 5

Deuteronomy 2

Job 3

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Malachi 1

KJV (17)

hired 2

hireling 6

men 1

servant 8

NAS (31)

earner 1

hired 15

man 12

servant 2

wage 1

HCS (18)

a hired hand 1

a hired hand 3

a hired man 1

a hired worker 2

a man hired 1

due a hired hand 1

earner 1

hired 1

hired hand 1

mercenaries 1

of a hired hand 2

the hired hand 1

wages of a hired hand 1

was rented 1

BSB (17)

Like a man hired 1

a hired hand 1

as a hired hand 1

as a hired worker 3

due a hired hand 1

like a hired man 1

of a hired hand 2

of their wages 1

or a hired hand 1

or hired hand 1

the hired hand 1

the mercenaries 1

wages of a hired hand 1

was rented 1

ESV (15)

hired hand 3

hired soldiers 1

hired worker 10

worker 1

WEB (16)

Also her hired men 1

As a hired servant 1

As a servant 1

If it is a leased 1

a hired servant 1

and a hired servant 1

as a hireling 2

as a worker bound by contract 2

of a hired 1

of a hired hand 1

of a hired servant shall he be with him 1

of a hireling 1

or a hired servant 1

the hireling 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

שָׂכִיר adjective hired; — absolute ׳שׂ Exodus 14:45 +, feminine שְׂכִירָה Isaiah 7:20; construct שְׂכֹיר Leviticus 25:53; suffix שְׂכִירְךָ Leviticus 25:6; plural suffix שְׂכִרֶיהָ Jeremiah 46:21; —

1 hired, of beast Exodus 22:14 (E), razor Isaiah 7:20 (figurative).

2 usually as substantive hireling, hired labourer Deuteronomy 15:18; Deuteronomy 24:14; Leviticus 19:13; Leviticus 22:10; Leviticus 25:6,40,53 (all H), Exodus 12:45; Leviticus 25:50 (both P), Malachi 3:5; Job 7:1,2; Job 14:6; ׳כִּשְׁנֵי שׂ Isaiah 16:14 years like a hireling's years (reckoned strictly), so Isaiah 21:16; mercenaries Jeremiah 46:21.

יִשָּׂשׂכָר see above

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׂכִיר m. a hireling, Exodus 22:14; Leviticus 19:13. Isaiah 16:14, “in three years כִּשְׁנֵי שָׂכִיר according to the years of a hireling;” i.e. this shall come to pass at this very time, the event shall no longer be deferred, just as a hireling does not protract his daily work beyond the agreed hour. Root שָׂכַר.

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List of Word Forms

וְלִשְׂכִֽירְךָ֙ וְשָׂכִ֖יר וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר וכשכיר ולשכירך ושכיר כְּשָׂכִ֥יר כִּשְׂכִ֥יר כיר כשכיר שְׂכִרֶ֤יהָ שָׂ֠כִיר שָׂכִ֔יר שָׂכִ֖יר שָׂכִ֛יר שָׂכִ֣יר שכיר שכריה chir kə·śā·ḵîr kesaChir kəśāḵîr ḵîr kiś·ḵîr kisChir kiśḵîr śā·ḵîr saChir śāḵîr śə·ḵi·re·hā sechiReiha śəḵirehā ū·ḵə·śā·ḵîr uchesaChir ūḵəśāḵîr velischireCha vesaChir wə·liś·ḵî·rə·ḵā wə·śā·ḵîr wəliśḵîrəḵā wəśāḵîr