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Lexicon :: Strong's H7916 - śāḵîr

Aa
שָׂכִיר
Transliteration
śāḵîr
Pronunciation
saw-keer'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2264.1c

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂכִיר sâkîyr, saw-keer'; from H7936; a man at wages by the day or year:—hired (man, servant), hireling.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H7916 in the following manner: hired servant (8x), hireling (6x), hired (2x), hired man (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H7916 in the following manner: hired servant (8x), hireling (6x), hired (2x), hired man (1x).

  1. hired

    1. hired (of animal)

    2. hireling, hired labourer (subst)

      1. mercenary

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂכִיר sâkîyr, saw-keer'; from H7936; a man at wages by the day or year:—hired (man, servant), hireling.
STRONGS H7916: Abbreviations
† שָׂכִיר adjective hired; — absolute שׂ׳ Exodus 14:45 [Exodus 12:45] +, feminine שְׂכִירָה [H7917 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 [Exodus 22:15] (E), razor [H7917 Isaiah 7:20] (figurative)..
2. usually as substantive hireling, hired labourer H7916Deuteronomy 15:18; Deuteronomy 24:14; Leviticus 19:13; Leviticus 22:10; Leviticus 25:6, Leviticus 25:40, Leviticus 25:53 (all H), Exodus 12:45; Leviticus 25:50 (both P), Malachi 3:5; Job 7:1, Job 7:2; Job 14:6; כִּשְׁנֵי שׂ׳ Isaiah 16:14 years like a hireling's years (reckoned strictly), so Isaiah 21:16; mercenaries Jeremiah 46:21.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

12:45; 12:45; 22:15

Leviticus

19:13; 22:10; 25:6; 25:6; 25:40; 25:50; 25:53; 25:53

Deuteronomy

15:18; 24:14

Job

7:1; 7:2; 14:6

Isaiah

16:14; 21:16

Jeremiah

46:21; 46:21

Malachi

3:5

H7916

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7916 matches the Hebrew שָׂכִיר (śāḵîr),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:45 - “A sojourner H8453 or a hired H7916 servant H7916 shall not eat H398 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - “If H518 its owner H1167 is with it, he shall not make H7999 restitution; H7999 if H518 it is hired, H7916 it came H935 for its hire. H7939

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - ‘You shall not oppress H6231 your neighbor, H7453 nor H3808 rob H1497 him. The wages H6468 of a hired H7916 man H7916 are not to remain H3885 with you all night H3885 until H5704 morning. H1242

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:10 - ‘No H3808 [fn]layman, H2114 however, is to eat H398 the holy H6944 gift; a sojourner H8453 with the priest H3548 or a hired H7916 man H7916 shall not eat H398 of the holy H6944 gift.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6 - ‘All of you shall have H1961 the sabbath H7676 products of the land H776 for food; H402 yourself, and your male H5650 and female H519 slaves, H519 H5650 and your hired H7916 man H7916 and your foreign H8453 resident, H8453 those who live H1481 as aliens H1481 with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:40 - ‘He shall be with you as a hired H7916 man, H7916 as if he were a sojourner; H8453 he shall serve H5647 with you until H5704 the year H8141 of jubilee. H3104

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - ‘He then with his purchaser H7069 shall calculate H2803 from the year H8141 when he sold H4376 himself to him up to the year H8141 of jubilee; H3104 and the price H3701 of his sale H4465 shall correspond H1961 to the number H4557 of years. H8141 It is like the days H3117 of a hired H7916 man H7916 that he shall be with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:53 - ‘Like a man H7916 hired H7916 year H8141 by year H8141 he shall be with him; he shall not rule H7287 over him with severity H6531 in your sight. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - “It shall not seem H7185 hard H7185 to you when you set H7971 him [fn]free, H2670 for he has given H5647 you six H8337 years H8141 with [fn]double H4932 the service H7939 of a hired H7916 man; H7916 so the LORD H3068 your God H430 will bless H1288 you in whatever H3605 H834 you do. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - “You shall not oppress H6231 a hired H7916 servant H7916 who is poor H6041 and needy, H34 whether H4480 he is one of your [fn]countrymen H251 or H176 one of your aliens H1616 who H834 is in your land H776 in your [fn]towns. H8179

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:1 - “[fn]Is not man H582 forced H6635 to labor H6635 on earth, H776
And are not his days H3117 like the days H3117 of a hired H7916 man? H7916

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - “As a slave H5650 who pants H7602 for the shade, H6738
And as a hired H7916 man H7916 who eagerly H6960 waits H6960 for his wages, H6467

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - “Turn H8159 Your gaze H8159 from him that he may [fn]rest, H2308
Until H5704 he [fn]fulfills H7521 his day H3117 like a hired H7916 man. H7916

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:14 - But now H6258 the LORD H3068 speaks, H1696 saying, H559 “Within three H7969 years, H8141 as [fn]a hired H7916 man H7916 would count H8141 them, the glory H3519 of Moab H4124 will be degraded H7034 along with all H3605 his great H7227 population, H1995 and his remnant H7605 will be very H4213 small H4592 and [fn]impotent.” H3808 H3524

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:16 - For thus H3541 the Lord H136 said H559 to me, “In a year, H8141 as [fn]a hired H7916 man H7916 would count H8141 it, all H3605 the splendor H3519 of Kedar H6938 will terminate; H3615

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21 - “Also H1571 her mercenaries H7917 in her midst H7130
Are like [fn]fattened H4770 calves, H5695
For even H1571 they too H1571 have turned H6437 back H6437 and have fled H5127 away together; H3162
They did not stand H5975 their ground.
For the day H3117 of their calamity H343 has come H935 upon them,
The time H6256 of their punishment. H6486

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - “Then I will draw H7126 near H7126 to you for judgment; H4941 and I will be a swift H4116 witness H5707 against the sorcerers H3784 and against the adulterers H5003 and against those who swear H7650 falsely, H8267 and against those who oppress H6231 the wage H7916 earner H7916 in his wages, H7939 the widow H490 and the [fn]orphan, H3490 and those who turn H5186 aside H5186 the [fn]alien H1616 and do not [fn]fear H3372 Me,” says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635
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