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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 - A foreigner H8453 and an hired servant H7916 shall H398➔ not H3808 eat ➔H398 thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - But if H518 the owner thereof H1167 be with it, H5973 he shall H7999➔ not H3808 make it good: ➔H7999 if H518 it H1931 be an hired H7916 thing, it came H935 for his hire. H7939

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - Thou shalt H6231➔ not H3808 defraud ➔H6231 thy neighbour, H7453 neither H3808 rob H1497 him: the wages H6468 of him that is hired H7916 shall H3885➔ not H3808 abide ➔H3885➔ with thee H854 all night ➔H3885 until H5704 the morning. H1242

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:10 - There H3605 shall H398➔ no H3808 stranger H2114 eat ➔H398 of the holy thing: H6944 a sojourner H8453 of the priest, H3548 or an hired servant, H7916 shall H398➔ not H3808 eat ➔H398 of the holy thing. H6944

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6 - And H1961➔ the sabbath H7676 of the land H776 shall be ➔H1961 meat H402 for you; for thee, and for thy servant, H5650 and for thy maid, H519 and for thy hired servant, H7916 and for thy stranger H8453 that sojourneth H1481 with thee, H5973

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:40 - But as an hired servant, H7916 and as a sojourner, H8453 he shall be H1961 with thee, H5973 and shall serve H5647 thee H5973 unto H5704 the H3104➔ year of H8141 jubile: ➔H3104

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - And he shall reckon H2803 with H5973 him that bought him H7069 from the year H8141 that he was sold H4376 to him unto H5704 the H3104➔ year of H8141 jubile: ➔H3104 and H1961➔ the price H3701 of his sale H4465 shall be ➔H1961 according unto the number H4557 of years, H8141 according to the time H3117 of an hired servant H7916 shall it be H1961 with him. H5973

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:53 - And as a H7916➔ yearly H8141 H8141 hired servant ➔ H7916 shall he be H1961 with him: H5973 and the other shall H7287➔ not H3808 rule ➔H7287➔ with rigour H6531 over him ➔H7287 in thy sight. H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - It shall H7185➔ not H3808 seem hard ➔H7185 unto thee, H5869 when thou sendest H7971➔ him H853 away ➔H7971 free H2670 from thee; H5973 for H3588 he hath been worth H7939 a double H4932 hired servant H7916 to thee, in serving thee H5647 six H8337 years: H8141 and H1288➔ the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall bless thee ➔H1288 in all H3605 that H834 thou doest. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - Thou shalt H6231➔ not H3808 oppress ➔H6231 an hired servant H7916 that is poor H6041 and needy, H34 whether he be of thy brethren, H251 or H176 of thy strangers H1616 that H834 are in thy land H776 within thy gates: H8179

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:1 - Is there not H3808 an appointed time H6635 to man H582 upon H5921 earth? H776 are not his days H3117 also like the days H3117 of an hireling? H7916

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - As a servant H5650 earnestly desireth H7602 the shadow, H6738 and as an hireling H7916 looketh for H6960 the reward of his work: H6467

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - Turn H8159 from him, H5921 that he may rest, H2308 till H5704 he shall accomplish, H7521 as an hireling, H7916 his day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:14 - But now H6258 the LORD H3068 hath spoken, H1696 saying, H559 Within three H7969 years, H8141 as the years H8141 of an hireling, H7916 and H7034➔ the glory H3519 of Moab H4124 shall be contemned, ➔H7034 with all H3605 that H1995➔ great H7227 multitude; ➔H1995 and the remnant H7605 shall be very H4213 small H4592 and feeble. H3808 H3524

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:16 - For H3588 thus H3541 hath H559➔ the Lord H136 said ➔H559 unto me, H413 Within H5750 a year, H8141 according to the years H8141 of an hireling, H7916 and H3615➔ all H3605 the glory H3519 of Kedar H6938 shall fail: ➔H3615

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21 - Also H1571 her hired men H7916 are in the midst of her H7130 like H5695➔ fatted H4770 bullocks; ➔H5695 for H3588 they H1992 also H1571 are turned back, H6437 and are fled away H5127 together: H3162 they did H5975➔ not H3808 stand, ➔H5975 because H3588 the day H3117 of their calamity H343 was come H935 upon them, H5921 and the time H6256 of their visitation. H6486

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - And I will come H7126 near to you H413 to judgment; H4941 and I will be H1961 a H5707➔ swift H4116 witness ➔H5707 against the sorcerers, H3784 and against the adulterers, H5003 and against false H8267 swearers, H7650 and against those that oppress H6231 the hireling H7916 in his wages, H7939 the widow, H490 and the fatherless, H3490 and that turn aside H5186 the stranger H1616 from his right, and H3808➔ fear H3372➔ not ➔H3808 me, ➔H3372 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635
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