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Lexicon :: Strong's H7916 - śāḵîr

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שָׂכִיר
Transliteration
śāḵîr
Pronunciation
saw-keer'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2264.1c

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂכִיר sâkîyr, saw-keer'; from H7936; a man at wages by the day or year:—hired (man, servant), hireling.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H7916 in the following manner: hired servant (8x), hireling (6x), hired (2x), hired man (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H7916 in the following manner: hired servant (8x), hireling (6x), hired (2x), hired man (1x).

  1. hired

    1. hired (of animal)

    2. hireling, hired labourer (subst)

      1. mercenary

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂכִיר sâkîyr, saw-keer'; from H7936; a man at wages by the day or year:—hired (man, servant), hireling.
STRONGS H7916: Abbreviations
† שָׂכִיר adjective hired; — absolute שׂ׳ Exodus 14:45 [Exodus 12:45] +, feminine שְׂכִירָה [H7917 Isaiah 7:20]; construct שְׂכֹיר Leviticus 25:53; suffix שְׂכִירְךָ Leviticus 25:6; plural suffix שְׂכִרֶיהָ Jeremiah 46:21; —
1. hired, of beast Exodus 22:14 [Exodus 22:15] (E), razor [H7917 Isaiah 7:20] (figurative)..
2. usually as substantive hireling, hired labourer H7916Deuteronomy 15:18; Deuteronomy 24:14; Leviticus 19:13; Leviticus 22:10; Leviticus 25:6, Leviticus 25:40, Leviticus 25:53 (all H), Exodus 12:45; Leviticus 25:50 (both P), Malachi 3:5; Job 7:1, Job 7:2; Job 14:6; כִּשְׁנֵי שׂ׳ Isaiah 16:14 years like a hireling's years (reckoned strictly), so Isaiah 21:16; mercenaries Jeremiah 46:21.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

12:45; 12:45; 22:15

Leviticus

19:13; 22:10; 25:6; 25:6; 25:40; 25:50; 25:53; 25:53

Deuteronomy

15:18; 24:14

Job

7:1; 7:2; 14:6

Isaiah

16:14; 21:16

Jeremiah

46:21; 46:21

Malachi

3:5

H7916

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7916 matches the Hebrew שָׂכִיר (śāḵîr),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:45

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:45 - a settler or hired servant doth not eat of it;

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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 Lev 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - 'Thou dost not oppress thy neighbour, nor take plunder; the wages of the hireling doth not remain with thee till morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:10 - 'And no stranger doth eat of the holy thing; a settler of a priest and an hireling doth not eat of the holy thing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6 - 'And the sabbath of the land hath been to you for food, to thee, and to thy man-servant, and to thy handmaid, and to thy hireling, and to thy settler, who are sojourning with thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:40 - as an hireling, as a settler, he is with thee, till the year of the jubilee he doth serve with thee, --

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:50

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:50 - 'And he hath reckoned with his buyer from the year of his being sold to him till the year of jubilee, and the money of his sale hath been by the number of years; as the days of an hireling it is with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:53 - as an hireling, year by year, he is with him, and he doth not rule him with rigour before thine eyes.

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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 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - 'Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:1 - Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - As a servant desireth the shadow, And as a hireling expecteth his wage,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:6 - Look away from off him that he may cease, Till he enjoy as an hireling his day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:14 - And now hath Jehovah spoken, saying, 'In three years, as years of an hireling, Lightly esteemed is the honour of Moab, With all the great multitude, And the remnant is little, small, not mighty!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:16 - For thus said the Lord unto me: 'Within a year, as years of a hireling, Consumed hath been all the honour of Kedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:21 - Even her hired ones in her midst are as calves of the stall, For even they have turned, They have fled together, they have not stood, For the day of their calamity hath come on them, The time of their inspection.

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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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