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Strong's H7936 - sakar

שָׂכַר

Transliteration sakar		Pronunciation sä·kar' (Key)
Part of Speech verb		Root Word (Etymology) A primitive root [apparently akin (by prosthesis) to כָּרָה (H3739) through the idea of temporary purchase]
TWOT Reference 2264.1

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: שכר (Strongs and Gesenius) סכר (Strongs)

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Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to hire

a) (Qal) to hire

b) (Niphal) to hire oneself out

c) (Hithpael) to earn wages

Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 21

AV — hire 15, rewardeth 2, wages 2, surely 1, hire out 1

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H7936

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Strong's H7936 - sakar

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Strong's Number H7936 matches the Hebrew שָׂכַר (sakar), which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in Neh of the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
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Neh 6:12	And, lo, I perceived ⁵²³⁴ that God ⁴³⁰ had not sent ⁷⁹⁷¹ him; but that he pronounced ¹⁶⁹⁶ this prophecy ⁵⁰¹⁶ against me: for Tobiah ²⁹⁰⁰ and Sanballat ⁵⁵⁷¹ had hired⁷⁹³⁶ him.
Neh 6:13	Therefore [was] he hired⁷⁹³⁶ , that I should be afraid ³³⁷² , and do so ⁶²¹³ , and sin ²³⁹⁸ , and [that] they might have [matter] for an evil ⁷⁴⁵¹ report ⁸⁰³⁴, that they might reproach ²⁷⁷⁸ me.
Neh 13:2	Because they met ⁶⁹²³ not the children ¹¹²¹ of Israel ³⁴⁷⁸ with bread ³⁸⁹⁹ and with water ⁴³²⁵, but hired⁷⁹³⁶ Balaam ¹¹⁰⁹ against them, that he should curse ⁷⁰⁴³ them: howbeit our God ⁴³⁰ turned ²⁰¹⁵ the curse ⁷⁰⁴⁵ into a blessing ¹²⁹³.

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Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for sakar (Strong's 7936)". Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2013. 18 May 2013. < http:// www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?
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