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Strong's #7939 - שָׂכָר

Transliteration
sâkâr
Phonetics
saw-kawr'
Origin
from (H7936)
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
2264.1b
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) hire, wages

1a) wages

1b) reward, pay

1c) fare, fee, passage-money

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 3408 ‑ μισθός (mis‑thos');  3409 ‑ μισθόω (mis‑tho'‑o);  3409 ‑ μισθόω (mis‑tho'‑o);  4863 ‑ συνάγω (soon‑ag'‑o);  4863 ‑ συνάγω (soon‑ag'‑o);  3408 ‑ μισθός (mis‑thos');  1943 ‑ ἐπικαλύπτω (ep‑ee‑kal‑oop'‑to);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (28)
Genesis 7
Exodus 2
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 2
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Psalms 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Ezekiel 2
Jonah 1
Zechariah 4
Malachi 1
NAS (28)
Genesis 7
Exodus 2
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 2
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Psalms 1
Ecclesiastes 1
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Ezekiel 2
Jonah 1
Haggai 1
Zechariah 4
Malachi 1
HCS (27)
Genesis 7
Exodus 2
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 2
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Psalms 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Ezekiel 2
Jonah 1
Zechariah 3
Malachi 1
BSB (29)
Genesis 8
Exodus 2
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 2
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Psalms 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Ezekiel 2
Jonah 1
Zechariah 4
Malachi 1
ESV (26)
Genesis 7
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 2
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Psalms 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Ezekiel 2
Jonah 1
Zechariah 4
Malachi 1
WEB (27)
Genesis 6
Exodus 2
Numbers 1
Deuteronomy 2
1 Kings 1
2 Chronicles 1
Psalms 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 1
Ezekiel 2
Jonah 1
Zechariah 4
Malachi 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2479) rkx (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) rkx (סכר SKR) - Hire: [df: rkV] KJV (21): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael) hire, reward, wage - Strongs: H7936 (סָכַר)

Nm ) rkx (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)

bm ) rikx (סכיר SKYR) - Hireling: One who is hired for service. [df: rykV] KJV (17): servant, hireling, hired - Strongs: H7916 (שָׂכִיר)

bf1 ) erikx (סכירה SKYRH) - Hireling: One who is hired for service. [df: hrykV] KJV (1): hired - Strongs: H7917 (שְׂכִירָה)

nm ) rkxa (אסכר ASKR) - Payment: [df: rksa] KJV (2): gift, present - Strongs: H814 (אֶשְׁכָּר)

acf2 ) trfkxm (מסכורת MSKWRT) - Wage: [df: trkVm] KJV (4): wages, reward - Strongs: H4909 (מַשְׂכֹּרֶת)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 I. שָׂכָר noun masculine Ezekiel 29:18 hire, wages, only singular, not with article; — absolute ׳שׂ Numbers 18:31 +, construct שְׂכַר Deuteronomy 15:18 +, suffix שְׂכָרִי Genesis 30:18 +, etc.; —

1 wages, of servant, Genesis 30:28; Genesis 30:32; Genesis 30:83 (J), Genesis 31:8 (twice in verse); Exodus 2:9 (all E), Deuteronomy 15:18 (שָׂכִיר׳שְׂ), Deuteronomy 24:15; 1 Kings 5:20; Zechariah 8:10; Malachi 3:5 (שָׂכִיר׳שְׂ); soldiers Ezekiel 29:18,19; shepherd (symbol) Zechariah 11:12 (twice in verse); beast Exodus 22:14 (E), Zechariah 8:10.

2 = reward, for work done, faithfulness, etc., Genesis 15:1 (JE), Genesis 30:18 (E) in explanation of name יששכר, Numbers 18:31 (P), כִּילִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ ׳יֵשׁ שׂ Jeremiah 31:16 (cf, 2 Chronicles 15:7), Isaiah 40:10 = Isaiah 62:11 (figurative of reward of ׳י s labours), Psalm 127:3; Ecclesiastes 4:9; Ecclesiastes 9:5.

3 passage-money, fare, Jonah 1:3.

שִׁכְּ מִי adjective, of a people of שֶׁכֶם, with article as collective noun ׳הַשּׁ Numbers 26:31.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שָׂכָר m.

(1)  wages (of a hireling), Genesis 30:28, 32 Genesis 30:32; Deuteronomy 15:18 price, for which anything is hired, Exodus 22:14, gener. any kind of reward, Genesis 15:1.

(2) [Sacar], pr.n. m.

(a) 1 Chronicles 26:4.

(b) 1 Chronicles 11:35 for which in the similar place 2 Samuel 23:33 there is שָׂרָר.


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List of Word Forms
בִּשְׂכָרֽוֹ׃ בשכרו׃ וְ֠שָׂכָר וּשְׂכַ֤ר וּשְׂכַ֥ר ושכר כר שְׂכַ֣ר שְׂכַ֤ר שְׂכַר־ שְׂכָר֜וֹ שְׂכָרְךָ֖ שְׂכָרְךָ֛ שְׂכָרִ֔י שְׂכָרִ֖י שְׂכָרִֽי׃ שְׂכָרֵ֑ךְ שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ שְׂכָרָ֜הּ שְׂכָרוֹ֙ שָׂ֝כָ֗ר שָׂכָ֔ר שָׂכָ֖ר שָׂכָ֤ר שָׂכָ֥ר שכר שכרה שכרו שכרי שכרי׃ שכרך שכרש־ biś·ḵā·rōw bischaRo biśḵārōw Char ḵār śā·ḵār saChar śāḵār śə·ḵa·r·śā- śə·ḵā·rāh śə·ḵā·re·ḵā śə·ḵā·rə·ḵā śə·ḵā·rêḵ śə·ḵā·rî śə·ḵā·rōw śə·ḵar seChar sechaRah sechaRech sechareCha sechaRi sechaRo secharSa śəḵar śəḵārāh śəḵārêḵ śəḵāreḵā śəḵārəḵā śəḵārî śəḵārōw śəḵarśā- ū·śə·ḵar useChar ūśəḵar Vesachor wə·śā·ḵār wəśāḵār
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