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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 stranger H8453 or a hired H7916 worker H7916 shall not eat H398 it.

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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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‘You shall not oppress H6231 your neighbor H7453, nor H3808 rob H1497 him. The wages H6468 of a hired H7916 worker H7916 are not to remain H3885 with you all H3885 night H3885 until H5704 morning H1242.

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‘No H3808 [fn]layman H2114, however, is to eat H398 the holy H6944 gift; a foreign H8453 resident H8453 with the priest H3548 or a hired H7916 worker H7916 shall not eat H398 the holy H6944 gift.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:40 - ‘He shall be with you as a hired H7916 worker H7916, as if he were a foreign H8453 resident H8453; he shall serve H5647 with you up to the year H8141 of jubilee H3104.

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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 calculated. It is like the days H3117 of a hired H7916 worker H7916 that he will be with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:53 - ‘He shall be with him like a worker H7916 hired H7916 year H8141 by year H8141; he shall not rule H7287 over him with [fn]severity H6531 in your sight H5869.

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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 24:14 -

“You shall not exploit H6231 a hired H7916 worker H7916 who is poor H6041 and needy H34, whether H4480 he is one of your countrymen H251 or H176 one of your strangers H1616 who H834 are in your land H776 in your [fn]towns H8179.

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“[fn]Is a person H582 not forced H6635 to H6635 labor H6635 on earth H776,

And are his days H3117 not like the days H3117 of a hired H7916 worker H7916?

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“As a slave H5650 pants H7602 for the shade H6738,

And as a hired H7916 worker H7916 who eagerly H6960 waits H6960 for his wages H6467,

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“Look H8159 away H8159 from him so that he may [fn]rest H2308,

Until H5704 he [fn]fulfills H7521 his day H3117 like a hired H7916 worker H7916.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:14 - But now H6258 the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696, saying H559, “Within three H7969 years H8141, as [fn]a hired H7916 worker H7916 would count H8141 them, the glory H3519 of Moab H4124 will become H7034 contemptible 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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For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 said H559 to me: “In a year H8141, as [fn]a hired H7916 worker H7916 would count H8141 it, all H3605 the splendor H3519 of Kedar H6938 will come H3615 to H3615 an H3615 end H3615;

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“Also H1571 her mercenaries H7917 in her midst H7130

Are like fattened H4770 calves H5695,

For they too H1571 have turned H6437 away H6437 and have fled H5127 together H3162;

They did not stand H5975 their ground.

For the day H3117 of their disaster H343 has come H935 upon them,

The time H6256 of their punishment H6486.

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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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