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STRONGS NUMBER H7939
Transliteration: sakar
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-kawr')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: hire, wages
Meaning: payment of contract, salary, fare, maintenance, compensation, benefit
Word Summary
sakar: hire, wages
Original Word: שָׂכָרTransliteration: sakar
Phonetic Spelling: (saw-kawr')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: hire, wages
Meaning: payment of contract, salary, fare, maintenance, compensation, benefit
Strong's Concordance
hire, price, rewarded, wages, worth From sakar; payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit -- hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.
see HEBREW sakar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7939. sakar
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; 30:32; Genesis 30:83 (J), 31:8 (twice in verse); Exodus 2:9 (all E), Deuteronomy 15:18 (׳שְׂ שָׂכִיר), 24:15; 1 Kings 5:20; Zechariah 8:10; Malachi 3:5 (׳שְׂ שָׂכִיר); 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), 30:18 (E) in explanation of name יששכר, Numbers 18:31 (P), שׂ ׳יֵשׁ לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ כִּי Jeremiah 31:16 (cf, 2 Chronicles 15:7), Isaiah 40:10 = 62:11 (figurative of reward of ׳יs labours), Psalm 127:3; Ecclesiastes 4:9; 9:5.
3 passage-money, fare, Jonah 1:3.
מִי שִׁכְּ adjective, of a people of שֶׁכֶם, with article as collective noun ׳הַשּׁ Numbers 26:31.