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Lexicon :: Strong's H7939 - śāḵār

Aa
שָׂכָר
Transliteration
śāḵār
Pronunciation
saw-kawr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2264.1b

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂכָר sâkâr, saw-kawr'; from H7936; payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit:—hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H7939 in the following manner: hire (9x), reward (9x), wages (6x), price (2x), fare (1x), worth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's H7939 in the following manner: hire (9x), reward (9x), wages (6x), price (2x), fare (1x), worth (1x).

  1. hire, wages

    1. wages

    2. reward, pay

    3. fare, fee, passage-money

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂכָר sâkâr, saw-kawr'; from H7936; payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit:—hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.
STRONGS H7939: Abbreviations
† I. שָׂכָר noun masculineEzekiel 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 30:33 (J), Genesis 31:8 (twice in verse); Exodus 2:9 (all E), Deuteronomy 15:18 (שָׂכִיר שְׂ׳), Deuteronomy 24:15; 1 Kings 5:20 [1 Kings 5:6]; 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), כִּי לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ יֵשׁ שׂ׳ Jeremiah 31:16 (compare 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:1; 30:18; 30:18; 30:28; 30:32; 30:33; 31:8

Exodus

2:9; 22:14

Numbers

18:31; 18:31

Deuteronomy

15:18; 15:18; 24:15

1 Kings

5:6

2 Chronicles

15:7

Psalms

127:3

Ecclesiastes

4:9; 9:5

Isaiah

40:10; 62:11

Jeremiah

31:16

Ezekiel

29:18; 29:18; 29:19

Jonah

1:3

Zechariah

8:10; 8:10; 11:12

Malachi

3:5

H7939

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7939 matches the Hebrew שָׂכָר (śāḵār),
which occurs 28 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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After H310 these H428 things H1697 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to Abram H87 in a vision H4236, saying H559,

“Do not fear H3372, Abram H87,

I am a shield H4043 to you;

[fn]Your reward H7939 shall be H7235 very H3966 great H7235.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - Then Leah H3812 said H559, “God H430 has given H5414 me my [fn]reward H7939, because H834 I gave H5414 my slave H8198 to my husband H376.” So she named H7121 him Issachar H3485.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - He [fn]continued H559, “Name H5344 me your wages H7939, and I will give H5414 them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - let me pass H5674 through your entire H3605 flock H6629 today H3117, removing H5493 from there H8033 every H3605 speckled H5348 or spotted H2921 sheep H7716 and every H3605 black H2345 sheep H7716 among the lambs H3775, and the spotted H2921 or speckled H5348 among the goats H5795; and those shall be my wages H7939.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - “So my [fn]honesty H6666 will answer H6030 for me later H4279 H3117, when H3588 you come H935 concerning H5921 my [fn]wages H7939. Every H3605 one H3605 that is not speckled H5348 or spotted H2921 among the goats H5795, or black H2345 among the lambs H3775, if found with me, will be considered stolen H1589.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - “If H518 he said H559 this H3541: ‘The speckled H5348 shall be your wages H7939,’ then all H3605 the flock H6629 delivered H3205 speckled H5348; and if H518 he said H559 this H3541: ‘The striped H6124 shall be your wages H7939,’ then all H3605 the flock H6629 delivered H3205 striped H6124.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - Then Pharaoh’s H6547 daughter H1323 said H559 to her, “Take H1980 this H2088 child H3206 away and nurse H3243 him for me, and I will give H5414 you your wages H7939.” So the woman H802 took H3947 the child H3206 and nursed H5134 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - “If H518 its owner H1167 is with it, the borrower shall not be compelled to make H7999 restitution H7999. If H518 it is hired H7916, it [fn]came H935 by its hire H7939.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - ‘You may eat H398 it anywhere H3605 H4725, you and your households H1004, for it is your compensation H7939 in H2500 return H2500 for H2500 your service H5656 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150.

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“It shall not seem H7185 difficult H7185 for you when you set H7971 him [fn]free H2670, because H3588 he has given H5647 you six H8337 years H8141 with double H4932 the [fn]service H7939 of a hired H7916 worker 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 24:15 - “You shall give H5414 him his wages H7939 on his day H3117 [fn]before the sun H8121 sets H935—for he is poor H6041 and sets H5375 his [fn]heart H5315 on it—so that he does not cry H7121 out H7121 against H5921 you to the LORD H3068, and it becomes H1961 a sin H2399 in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - “Now H6258 then, issue H6680 orders H6680 that they cut H3772 cedars H730 from Lebanon H3844 for me, and my servants H5650 will be with your servants H5650; and I will give H5414 you wages H7939 for your servants H5650 in accordance with all H3605 that you say H559, for you yourself H859 know H3045 that there H369 is H369 no H369 one H376 among us who knows H3045 how H3045 to cut H3772 timber H6086 like the Sidonians H6722.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - “But you, be strong H2388 and do not [fn]lose H3027 H7503 courage H3027 H7503, for there H3426 is H3426 a reward H7939 for your work H6468.”

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Behold H2009, children H1121 are a [fn]gift H5159 of the LORD H3068,

The fruit H6529 of the womb H990 is a reward H7939.

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Two H8147 are better H2896 than H4480 one H259 because H834 they have H3426 a good H2896 return H7725 for their labor H5999;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5 - For the living H2416 know H3045 that they will die H4191; but the dead H4191 do not know H3045 anything H3972, nor H369 do they have H369 a reward H7939 any H5750 longer H5750, for their memory H2143 is forgotten H7911.

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Behold H2009, the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 will come H935 with might H2389,

With His arm H2220 ruling H4910 for Him.

Behold H2009, His compensation H7939 is with Him,

And His reward H6468 before H6440 Him.

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Behold H2009, the LORD H3068 has proclaimed H8085 to the end H7097 of the earth H776:

Say H559 to the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726, “Behold H2009, your salvation H3468 is coming H935;

Behold H2009 His reward H7939 is with Him, and His compensation H6468 before H6440 Him.”

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This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:

“Restrain H4513 your voice H6963 from weeping H1065

And your eyes H5869 from tears H1832;

For your work H6468 will be rewarded H7939,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068,

“And they will return H7725 from the land H776 of the enemy H340.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - “Son H1121 of man H120, Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 made his army H2428 labor H5656 [fn]hard H1419 against H413 Tyre H6865; every H3605 head H7218 [fn]had H7139 a bald H7139 spot H7139 and every H3605 shoulder H3802 was rubbed H4803 raw H4803. But he and his army H2428 acquired H1961 no H3808 wages H7939 from Tyre H6865 for the labor H5656 that he had [fn]performed H5647 against H5921 it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559: “Behold H2009, I am going to give H5414 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894. And he will carry H5375 off H5375 her wealth H1995 and capture H7997 her spoils H7998 and seize H962 her plunder H957; and it will be wages H7939 for his army H2428.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3 - But Jonah H3124 got H6965 up H6965 to flee H1272 to Tarshish H8659 from the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068. So he went H3381 down H3381 to Joppa H3305, found H4672 a ship H591 that was going H935 to Tarshish H8659, paid H5414 the fare H7939, and [fn]boarded H3381 it to go H935 with them to Tarshish H8659 away H4480 from the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10 - ‘For before H6440 those H1992 days H3117 there was no H3808 wage H7939 for man H120 nor H369 any wage H7939 for animal H929; and for him who went H3318 out H3318 or came H935 in H935 there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]peace H7965 because H4480 of [fn]his enemies H6862, and I sent H7971 all H3605 the people H120 against one H376 another H7453.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12 - And I said H559 to them, “If H518 it is good H2896 in your sight H5869, give H3051 me my wages H7939; but if H518 not, [fn]never H2308 mind H2308!” So they weighed H8254 out H8254 thirty H7970 shekels of silver H3701 as my wages H7939.

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“Then I will come H7126 near H7126 to you for judgment H4941; and I will be a swift H4116 witness H5707 against the sorcerers H3784, the adulterers H5003, against those who swear H7650 falsely H8267, those who [fn]oppress H6231 the wage H7916 earner H7916 in his wages H7939 or the widow H490 or the [fn]orphan H3490, and those who turn H5186 away H5186 the stranger H1616 from justice and do not [fn]fear H3372 Me,” says H559 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635.

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