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Lexicon :: Strong's H7936 - śāḵar

Aa
שָׂכַר
Transliteration
śāḵar
Pronunciation
saw-kar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [apparently akin (by prosthesis) to כָּרָה (H3739) through the idea of temporary purchase]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2264.1

Variant Spellings

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

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂכַר sâkar, saw-kar'; or (by permutation) סָכַר çâkar; (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 through the idea of temporary purchase; compare H7937); to hire:—earn wages, hire (out self), reward, × surely.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H7936 in the following manner: hire (15x), rewardeth (2x), wages (2x), surely (1x), hire out (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H7936 in the following manner: hire (15x), rewardeth (2x), wages (2x), surely (1x), hire out (1x).

  1. to hire

    1. (Qal) to hire

    2. (Niphal) to hire oneself out

    3. (Hithpael) to earn wages

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂכַר sâkar, saw-kar'; or (by permutation) סָכַר çâkar; (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 through the idea of temporary purchase; compare H7937); to hire:—earn wages, hire (out self), reward, × surely.
STRONGS H7936: Abbreviations
† 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 (?) DHMHofmus. 11; Ethiopic bdb096809 hired; Arabic bdb096810 reward, thank, modern Palestinian bdb096811 hired, of land ploughed by hire, BergheimPEQ 1894, 196; Palmyrene שכרא perhaps rewarding Lzb375); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׂ׳ Deuteronomy 23:5; 2 Kings 7:6, suffix שְׂכָרוֺ Nehemiah 6:12; 1st person singular suffix שְׂכַרְתִּיךָ Genesis 30:16; Imperfect 3rd person 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. hire oneself out, Perfect בַּלֶּחֶם נִשְׂכָּ֑רוּ 1 Samuel 2:5.
Hithp. earn wages, Participle הַמְּשְׂתַּכֵּר Haggai 1:6 (as substantive), מ׳ Haggai 1:6 (as verb, + אֶל location, construction praegn.).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:16; 30:16; 30:16

Deuteronomy

23:5; 23:5

Judges

9:4; 9:4; 18:4

1 Samuel

2:5

2 Samuel

10:6

2 Kings

7:6; 7:6

1 Chronicles

19:6; 19:6; 19:7

2 Chronicles

24:12; 24:12; 25:6

Ezra

4:5; 4:5

Nehemiah

6:12; 6:12; 6:13; 6:13; 13:2

Proverbs

26:10; 26:10

Isaiah

46:6

Haggai

1:6; 1:6

H7936

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7936 matches the Hebrew שָׂכַר (śāḵar),
which occurs 21 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - When Jacob H3290 came H935 in H935 from the field H7704 in the evening H6153, Leah H3812 went H3318 out H3318 to meet H7122 him and said H559, “You must have H935 relations H935 with H935 me, for I have indeed H7936 hired H7936 you with my son’s H1121 mandrakes H1736.” So he slept H7901 with her that night H3915.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - because H5921 H1697 H834 they did not meet H6923 you with [fn]food H3899 and water H4325 on the way H1870 when you came H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714, and because H834 they hired H7936 against H5921 you Balaam H1109 the son H1121 of Beor H1160 from Pethor H6604 of [fn]Mesopotamia H763, to curse H7043 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - And they gave H5414 him seventy H7657 pieces of silver H3701 from the house H1004 of Baal-berith H1170, with which H1992 Abimelech H40 hired H7936 worthless H7386 and reckless H6348 men H376, and they followed H1980 H310 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:4 - He said H559 to them, “Micah H4318 has done H6213 this H2090 and that H2088 for me, and he has hired H7936 me and I have become H1961 his priest H3548.”

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“Those who were full H7649 hire H7936 themselves out H7936 for bread H3899,

But those who were hungry H7457 cease H2308 to be hungry.

Even H5704 the infertile H6135 woman H6135 gives H3205 birth H3205 to seven H7651,

But she who has many H7227 children H1121 languishes H535.

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Now when the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had become H887 repulsive H887 to David H1732, the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 messengers and hired H7936 the Arameans H758 of Beth-rehob H1050 and the Arameans H758 of Zobah H6678, twenty H6242 thousand H505 foot H7273 soldiers H7273, and the king H4428 of Maacah H4601 with a thousand H505 men H376, and the men H382 of H382 Tob H382 with twelve H8147 H6240 thousand H505 men H376.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - For the Lord H136 had made the army H4264 of the Arameans H758 hear H8085 a sound H6963 of chariots H7393, a sound H6963 of horses H5483, that is, the sound H6963 of a great H1419 army H2428; and they said H559 to one H376 another H251, “Behold H2009, the king H4428 of Israel H3478 has hired H7936 the kings H4428 of the Hittites H2850 and the kings H4428 of the Egyptians H4714 against H5921 us, to [fn]attack H935 us!”

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When the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had made H887 themselves repulsive H887 to David H1732, Hanun H2586 and the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 [fn]a thousand H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 to hire H7936 for themselves chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571 from Mesopotamia H763, Aram-maacah H758 H4601, and Zobah H6678.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired H7936 for themselves thirty-two H8147 H7970 thousand H505 chariots H7393, and the king H4428 of Maacah H4601 and his people H5971, who came H935 and camped H2583 opposite H6440 Medeba H4311. And the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 gathered H622 together from their cities H5892 and came H935 to the battle H4421.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - The king H4428 and Jehoiada H3077 gave H5414 it to those who did H6213 the work H4399 of the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068; and they hired H7936 masons H2672 and carpenters H2796 to restore H2318 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and also H1571 workers H2796 in iron H1270 and bronze H5178 to repair H2388 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:6 - He also hired H7936 a hundred H3967 thousand H505 valiant H2428 warriors H1368 from Israel H3478 for [fn]a hundred H3967 talents H3603 of silver H3701.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - and bribed H7936 advisers H3289 against H5921 them to frustrate H6565 their advice H6098 all H3605 the days H3117 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539, even until H5704 the reign H4438 of Darius H1867 king H4428 of Persia H6539.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:12 - Then I realized H5234 [fn]that God H430 certainly H2009 had not sent H7971 him, but he uttered H1696 his prophecy H5016 against H5921 me because Tobiah H2900 and Sanballat H5571 had hired H7936 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:13 - He was hired H7936 for this H4616 reason H4616, that I would become H3372 frightened H3372 and act H6213 accordingly H3651 and sin H2398, so that they might have H1961 an evil H7451 report H8034 in H4616 order H4616 that H4616 they could taunt H2778 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - because H3588 they did not meet H6923 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 with bread H3899 and water H4325, but hired H7936 Balaam H1109 against H5921 them to curse H7043 them. However, our God H430 turned H2015 the curse H7045 into a blessing H1293.

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[fn]Like an archer H7228 who wounds H2342 everyone H3605,

So is one who hires H7936 a fool H3684 or hires H7936 those who pass H5674 by H5674.

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“Those who lavish H2107 gold H2091 from the bag H3599

And weigh H8254 silver H3701 on the scale H7070,

Hire H7936 a goldsmith H6884, and he makes H6213 it into a god H410;

They bow H5456 down H5456, indeed H637 they worship H2331 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - “You have sown H2232 much H7235, only to [fn]harvest H935 little H4592; you eat H398, but there H369 is H369 not H369 enough to be satisfied H7654; you drink H8354, but there H369 is H369 not H369 enough to become H7937 drunk H7937; you put H3847 on H3847 clothing H3847, but there H369 is H369 not H369 enough for [fn]anyone to get H2552 warm H2552; and the one who earns H7936, earns H7936 wages H7939 to put into a money H6872 bag H6872 full H5344 of H5344 holes H5344.”
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