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Lexicon :: Strong's H7939 - śāḵār

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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 Box Gen 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 -

After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying,

“Do not be afraid, Abram,

I am your shield;

Your reward [for obedience] shall be very great.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - Then Leah said, “God has given me my reward because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she named him [fn]Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - He said, “Name your wages, and I will give it [to you].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - Let me pass through your entire flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted sheep and every dark or black one among the lambs and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and those shall be my wages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - “So my honesty will be evident for me later, when you come [for an accounting] concerning my wages. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and dark among the young lambs, if found with me, shall be considered stolen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - “If he said, ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then the entire flock gave birth to speckled [young]; and if he said, ‘The streaked shall be your wages,’ then the entire flock gave birth to streaked [young].

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - “But if the owner is with it [when the damage is done], the borrower shall not make restitution. If it was hired, the damage is included in [the price of] its fee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - ‘You may eat it anywhere, you and [the members of] your households, for it is your compensation in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle).

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 -

“It shall not seem hard to you when you set him free, for he has served you six years with double the service of a hired man; so the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - “You shall give him his wages on the day that he earns them before the sun sets—for he is poor and is [fn]counting on it—so that he does not cry out to the LORD against you, and it becomes a sin for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - “So now, command that they cut cedar trees from Lebanon for me, and my servants will join your servants, and I will give you whatever wages you set for your servants. For you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the men of Sidon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - “But as for you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 -

Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the LORD,

The fruit of the womb a reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 -

Two are better than one because they have a more satisfying return for their labor;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5 - For the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing, and they no longer have a reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:10 -

Listen carefully, the Lord GOD will come with might,

And His arm will rule for Him.

Most certainly His reward is with Him,

And His restitution accompanies Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11 -

Listen carefully, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth,

Say to the Daughter of Zion, “Look now, your salvation is coming [in the LORD];

Indeed, His reward is with Him, and His restitution accompanies Him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 -

Thus says the LORD,

“Restrain your voice from weeping

And your eyes from tears,

For your work will be rewarded,” says the LORD;

“And your children will return from the enemy’s land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army [fn]work hard [at My command] against Tyre; every [soldier’s] head became [fn]bald and every shoulder was worn and peeled [from carrying loads of dirt and stones for siege works]. Yet he had no wages from Tyre [in proportion to the time and labor expended during the siege], either for himself or his army, for the work that he had done against it [for Me].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her wealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder; and it shall be the wages for his army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3 - But Jonah ran away to Tarshish to escape from the presence of the LORD [and his duty as His prophet]. He went down to [fn]Joppa and found a ship going to [fn]Tarshish [the most remote of the Phoenician trading cities]. So he paid the fare and went down into the ship to go with them to Tarshish away from the presence of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10 - ‘For before those days there were no wages for man or animal; nor was there any peace or success for him who went out or came in because of his enemies, for I set all men against one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12 - I said to them, “If it seems good to you, give me my wages; but if not, do not.” So they weighed out [fn]thirty pieces of silver as my wages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:5

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“Then I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, against adulterers, against perjurers, and against those who oppress the laborer in his wages and widows and the fatherless, and against those who turn away the alien [from his right], and those who do not fear Me [with awe-filled reverence],” says the LORD of hosts.

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