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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.
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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 hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, 'Fear not, Abram, I am a shield to thee, thy reward is exceeding great.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - and Leah saith, 'God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - He saith also, 'Define thy hire to me, and I give.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - I pass through all thy flock to-day to turn aside from thence every sheep speckled and spotted, and every brown sheep among the lambs, and speckled and spotted among the goats -- and it hath been my hire;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - and my righteousness hath answered for me in the day to come, when it cometh in for my hire before thy face; -- every one which is not speckled and spotted among my goats, and brown among my lambs -- it is stolen with me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - 'If he say thus: The speckled are thy hire, then bare all the flock speckled ones; and if he say thus: The ring-straked are thy hire, then bare all the flock ring-straked;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, 'Take this lad away, and suckle him for me, and I -- I give thy hire;' and the woman taketh the lad, and suckleth him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - if its owner is with it, he doth not repay, -- if it is a hired thing, it hath come for its hire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - and ye have eaten it in every place, ye and your households, for it is your hire in exchange for your service in the tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - 'It is not hard in thine eyes, in thy sending him away free from thee; for the double of the hire of an hireling he hath served thee six years, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all that thou dost.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he is poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee -- sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - 'And now, command, and they cut down for me cedars out of Lebanon, and my servants are with thy servants, and the hire of thy servants I give to thee according to all that thou sayest, for thou hast known that there is not among us a man acquainted with cutting wood, like the Sidonians.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - and ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 - Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah are sons, A reward is the fruit of the womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - The two are better than the one, in that they have a good reward by their labour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5 - For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:10 - Lo, the Lord Jehovah with strength cometh, And His arm is ruling for Him, Lo, His hire is with Him, and His wage before Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11 - Lo, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth: 'Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy salvation hath come,' Lo, his hire is with him, and his wage before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - Thus said Jehovah: Withhold thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears, For there is a reward for thy work, An affirmation of Jehovah, And they have turned back from the land of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - 'Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, Hath caused his force to serve a great service against Tyre, Every head is bald -- every shoulder peeled, And reward he had none, nor his force, out of Tyre, For the service that he served against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah, Lo, I am giving to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon the land of Egypt, And he hath taken away its store, And hath taken its spoil, and taken its prey, And it hath been a reward to his force.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:3 - And Jonah riseth to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and goeth down to Joppa, and findeth a ship going to Tarshish, and he giveth its fare, and goeth down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10 - For, before those days there hath been no hiring of man, Yea, a hiring of beasts there is none; And to him who is going out, And to him who is coming in, There is no peace because of the adversary, And I send all men -- each against his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12 - And I say unto them: 'If good in your eyes, give my hire, and if not, forbear;' and they weigh out my hire -- thirty silverlings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - And I have drawn near to you for judgment, And I have been a witness, Making haste against sorcerers, And against adulterers, And against swearers to a falsehood, And against oppressors of the hire of an hireling, Of a widow, and of a fatherless one, And those turning aside a sojourner, And who fear Me not, said Jehovah of Hosts.
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