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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 BoxGen 30:16 - And Jacob H3290 came H935 out of the field H7704 in the evening, H6153 and Leah H3812 went out H3318 to meet H7125 him, and said, H559 Thou must come in H935 unto me; for surely H7936 I have hired H7936 thee with my son's H1121 mandrakes. H1736 And he lay H7901 with her that night. H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - Because H1697 they met H6923 you not with bread H3899 and with water H4325 in the way, H1870 when ye came forth H3318 out of Egypt; H4714 and because they hired H7936 against thee Balaam H1109 the son H1121 of Beor H1160 of Pethor H6604 of Mesopotamia, H763 to curse H7043 thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - And they gave H5414 him threescore and ten H7657 pieces of silver H3701 out of the house H1004 of Baalberith, H1170 wherewith Abimelech H40 hired H7936 vain H7386 and light H6348 persons, H582 which followed H3212 him. H310

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:4 - And he said H559 unto them, Thus H2090 and thus H2090 dealeth H6213 Micah H4318 with me, and hath hired H7936 me, and I am his priest. H3548

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - They that were full H7649 have hired out H7936 themselves for bread; H3899 and they that were hungry H7457 ceased: H2308 so that the barren H6135 hath born H3205 seven; H7651 and she that hath many H7227 children H1121 is waxed feeble. H535

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 - And when the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they stank H887 before David, H1732 the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 and hired H7936 the Syrians H758 of Bethrehob, H1050 and the Syrians H758 of Zoba, H6678 twenty H6242 thousand H505 footmen, H7273 and of king H4428 Maacah H4601 a thousand H505 men, H376 and of Ishtob H382 twelve H6240 H8147 thousand H505 men. H376

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - For the Lord H136 had made the host H4264 of the Syrians H758 to hear H8085 a noise H6963 of chariots, H7393 and a noise H6963 of horses, H5483 even the noise H6963 of a great H1419 host: H2428 and they said H559 one H376 to another, H251 Lo, the king H4428 of Israel H3478 hath hired H7936 against us the kings H4428 of the Hittites, H2850 and the kings H4428 of the Egyptians, H4714 to come H935 upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 - And when the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that they had made themselves odious H887 to David, H1732 Hanun H2586 and the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 sent H7971 a thousand H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 to hire H7936 them chariots H7393 and horsemen H6571 out of Mesopotamia, H763 and out of Syriamaachah, H758 H4601 and out of Zobah. H6678

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:7 - So they hired H7936 thirty H7970 and two H8147 thousand H505 chariots, H7393 and the king H4428 of Maachah H4601 and his people; H5971 who came H935 and pitched H2583 before H6440 Medeba. H4311 And the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 gathered themselves together H622 from their cities, H5892 and came H935 to battle. H4421

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - And the king H4428 and Jehoiada H3077 gave H5414 it to such as did H6213 the work H4399 of the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and hired H7936 masons H2672 and carpenters H2796 to repair H2318 the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and also such as wrought H2796 iron H1270 and brass H5178 to mend H2388 the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:6 - He hired H7936 also an hundred H3967 thousand H505 mighty H1368 men of valour H2428 out of Israel H3478 for an hundred H3967 talents H3603 of silver. H3701

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:5 - And hired H7936 counsellors H3289 against them, to frustrate H6565 their purpose, H6098 all the days H3117 of Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia, H6539 even until the reign H4438 of Darius H1867 king H4428 of Persia. H6539

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:12 - And, lo, I perceived H5234 that God H430 had not sent H7971 him; but that he pronounced H1696 this prophecy H5016 against me: for Tobiah H2900 and Sanballat H5571 had hired H7936 him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:13 - Therefore was he hired, H7936 that I should be afraid, H3372 and do so, H6213 and sin, H2398 and that they might have matter for an evil H7451 report, H8034 that they might reproach H2778 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - Because they met H6923 not the children H1121 of Israel H3478 with bread H3899 and with water, H4325 but hired H7936 Balaam H1109 against them, that he should curse H7043 them: howbeit our God H430 turned H2015 the curse H7045 into a blessing. H1293

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:10 - The great H7227 God that formed H2342 all things both rewardeth H7936 the fool, H3684 and rewardeth H7936 transgressors. H5674

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:6 - They lavish H2107 gold H2091 out of the bag, H3599 and weigh H8254 silver H3701 in the balance, H7070 and hire H7936 a goldsmith; H6884 and he maketh H6213 it a god: H410 they fall down, H5456 yea, they worship. H7812

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - Ye have sown H2232 much, H7235 and bring H935 in little; H4592 ye eat, H398 but ye have not enough; H7654 ye drink, H8354 but ye are not filled with drink; H7937 ye clothe H3847 you, but there is none warm; H2527 and he that earneth wages H7936 earneth wages H7936 to put it into a bag H6872 with holes. H5344
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