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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 in from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must sleep with me [tonight], for I have in fact hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept 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 (food) and water on the road as you came out of Egypt, and because they hired [to act] against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - And they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and undisciplined men, and they followed (supported) him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:4 - And he said to them, “Micah has done this and that for me, and 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 hire themselves out for bread,

But those who were hungry cease [to hunger].

Even the barren [woman] gives birth to seven,

But she who has many children withers away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 -

When the Ammonites saw that they had become an object of hatred to David, they sent word and hired the Arameans (Syrians) of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob with 12,000 men [to fight for them].

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - For the LORD had caused the Aramean army to hear the sound of chariots, and the sound of horses, the sound of a great army. They had said to one another, “The king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come [and fight] against us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 -

When the Ammonites saw that they had made themselves hateful to David, Hanun and his people sent 1,000 talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired for themselves 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah and his troops, who came and camped before Medeba. And the Ammonites 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 would hire masons and carpenters (craftsmen) and also those who worked in iron and bronze to repair and restore the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:6 - He also hired 100,000 brave warriors from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - and hired advisers [to work] against them to frustrate their plans during the entire time that Cyrus king of Persia reigned, [and this lasted] 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 realized that God had not sent him, but he spoke 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 - He was hired for this reason, that I would be frightened and do as he said and sin, so that they would have [grounds to make] a malicious report in order to censure and disgrace me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - because they did not meet the Israelites with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. Yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10 -

Like a [careless] archer who [shoots arrows wildly and] wounds everyone,

So is he who hires a fool or those who [by chance just] pass by.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 -

“Those who lavish gold from the bag

And weigh out silver on the scales

Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god;

They bow down, indeed they worship it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - “You have planted much, but you harvest little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have enough to be intoxicated; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns wages earns them just to put them in a bag with holes in it [because God has withheld His blessing].”
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