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Lexicon :: Strong's H7936 - śāḵar

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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.).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:16 - When Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” And he lay with her that night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - “because they did not meet you with bread and water on the road when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia,[fn] to curse you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-Berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men; and they followed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:4 - He said to them, “Thus and so Micah did for me. He has hired me, and I have become his priest.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
And the hungry have ceased to hunger.
Even the barren has borne seven,
And she who has many children has become feeble.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 - When the people of Ammon saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David, the people of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand foot soldiers; and from the king of Maacah one thousand men, and from Ish-Tob twelve thousand men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - For the Lord had caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses—the noise of a great army; so they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 - When the people of Ammon saw that they had made themselves repulsive to David, Hanun and the people of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia,[fn] from Syrian Maacah, and from Zobah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, with the king of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. Also the people of Ammon gathered together from their cities, and came to battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also those who worked in iron and bronze to restore the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:6 - He also hired one hundred thousand mighty men of valor from Israel for one hundred talents of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - and hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:12 - Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:13 - For this reason he was hired, that I should be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10 - The great God who formed everything
Gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - They lavish gold out of the bag,
And weigh silver on the scales;
They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god;
They prostrate themselves, yes, they worship.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - “You have sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”
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