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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)
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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.
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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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - And H559➔ Leah H3812 said, ➔H559 God H430 hath given me H5414 my hire, H7939 because H834 I have given H5414 my maiden H8198 to my husband: H376 and she called H7121 his name H8034 Issachar. H3485

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - And he said, H559 Appoint H5344 me H5921 thy wages, H7939 and I will give H5414 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - I will pass H5674 through all H3605 thy flock H6629 to day, H3117 removing H5493 from thence H8033 all H3605 the H7716➔ speckled H5348 and spotted H2921 cattle, ➔H7716 and all H3605 the H7716➔ brown H2345 cattle ➔H7716 among the sheep, H3775 and the spotted H2921 and speckled H5348 among the goats: H5795 and H1961➔ of such shall be ➔H1961 my hire. H7939

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - So shall H6030➔ my righteousness H6666 answer ➔H6030 for me in time H3117 to come, H4279 when H3588 it shall come H935 for H5921 my hire H7939 before thy face: H6440 every one H3605 that H834 is not H369 speckled H5348 and spotted H2921 among the goats, H5795 and brown H2345 among the sheep, H3775 that H1931 shall be counted stolen H1589 with me. H854

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - If H518 he said H559 thus, H3541 The speckled H5348 shall be H1961 thy wages; H7939 then H3205➔ all H3605 the cattle H6629 bare ➔H3205 speckled: H5348 and if H518 he said H559 thus, H3541 The ringstraked H6124 shall be H1961 thy hire; H7939 then bare H3205 all H3605 the cattle H6629 ringstraked. H6124

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - And H559➔ Pharaoh's H6547 daughter H1323 said ➔H559 unto her, Take H3212➔ this H2088 child H3206 away, ➔H3212 and nurse it H3243 for me, H589 and I H589 will give H5414 thee thy wages. H7939 And H3947➔ the woman H802 took ➔H3947 the child, H3206 and nursed it. H5134

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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 BoxNum 18:31 - And ye shall eat H398 it H853 in every H3605 place, H4725 ye H859 and your households: H1004 for H3588 it H1931 is your reward H7939 for H2500 your service H5656 in the tabernacle H168 of the congregation. H4150

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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 24:15 - At his day H3117 thou shalt give H5414 him his hire, H7939 neither H3808 shall H935➔ the sun H8121 go down ➔H935 upon it; H5921 for H3588 he H1931 is poor, H6041 and H413➔ setteth H5375 his heart H5315 upon it: ➔H413 lest H3808 he cry H7121 against thee H5921 unto H413 the LORD, H3068 and it be H1961 sin H2399 unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - Now therefore H6258 command thou H6680 that they hew H3772 me H589 cedar trees H730 out H4480 of Lebanon; H3844 and my servants H5650 shall be H1961 with H5973 thy servants: H5650 and H7939➔ unto thee will I give H5414 hire ➔ H7939 for thy servants H5650 according to all H3605 that H834 thou shalt appoint: H559 for H3588 thou H859 knowest H3045 that H3588 there is not H369 among us any H376 that can skill H3045 to hew H3772 timber H6086 like unto the Sidonians. H6722

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - Be H2388➔ ye H859➔ strong ➔H2388 therefore, ➔H859 and H408➔ let H7503➔ not ➔H408 your hands H3027 be weak: ➔H7503 for H3588 your work H6468 shall be H3426 rewarded. H7939

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 - Lo, H2009 children H1121 are an heritage H5159 of the LORD: H3068 and the fruit H6529 of the womb H990 is his reward. H7939

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two H8147 are better H2896 than H4480 one; H259 because H834 they have H3426 a H7939➔ good H2896 reward ➔ H7939 for their labour. H5999

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5 - For H3588 the living H2416 know H3045 that they shall die: H4191 but the dead H4191 know H3045 not H369 any thing, H3972 neither H369 have they any more H5750 a reward; H7939 for H3588 the memory of them H2143 is forgotten. H7911

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 Refrain H4513 thy voice H6963 from weeping, H1065 and thine eyes H5869 from tears: H1832 for H3588 thy work H6468 shall be H3426 rewarded, H7939 saith H5002 the LORD; H3068 and they shall come again H7725 from the land H776 of the enemy. H341

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - Son H1121 of man, H120 Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 caused H5647➔ his army H2428 to serve ➔H5647 a H5656➔ great H1419 service ➔H5656 against H413 Tyrus: H6865 every H3605 head H7218 was made bald, H7139 and every H3605 shoulder H3802 was peeled: H4803 yet H7939➔ had H1961 he no H3808 wages, ➔ H7939 nor his army, H2428 for Tyrus, H6865 for H5921 the service H5656 that H834 he had served H5647 against it: H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 Behold, I H2005 will give H5414 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 unto Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon; H894 and he shall take H5375 her multitude, H1995 and take H7997 her spoil, H7998 and take H962 her prey; H957 and it shall be H1961 the wages H7939 for his army. H2428

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3 - But H6965➔ Jonah H3124 rose up ➔H6965 to flee H1272 unto Tarshish H8659 from the presence H6440 of the LORD, H3068 and went down H3381 to Joppa; H3305 and he found H4672 a ship H591 going H935 to Tarshish: H8659 so he paid H5414 the fare thereof, H7939 and went down H3381 into it, to go H935 with them H5973 unto Tarshish H8659 from the presence H6440 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10 - For H3588 before H6440 these H1992 days H3117 there was H1961 no H3808 hire H7939 for man, H120 nor any hire H7939 for beast; H929 neither H369 was there any peace H7965 to him that went out H3318 or came in H935 because H4480 of the affliction: H6862 for I set H7971 all H3605 men H120 every one H376 against his neighbour. H7453

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12 - And I said H559 unto them, H413 If H518 ye think H5869 good, H2896 give H3051 me my price; H7939 and if H518 not, H3808 forbear. H2308 So they weighed H8254 for my price H7939 thirty H7970 pieces of silver. H3701

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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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