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שָׂכַר H7936

H7936 is the Hebrew word שָׂכַר, transliterated sâkar and said saw-kar'. The King James Version most often renders it hired.

Word: שָׂכַרTransliteration: sâkarSaid: saw-kar'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 17 verses

What it means

to hire.

Where it comes from

or (by permutation) סָכַר; (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 (כָּרָה) through the idea of temporary purchase; compare H7937 (שָׁכַר)).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

hired 10×hire 2×earneth wages 2×surely 1×because they hired 1×hired out 1×therefore was he hired 1×things both rewardeth 1×rewardeth 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: earn wages, hire (out self), reward, [idiom] surely.

Verses using שָׂכַר

All 17 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 30:16 · KJV

And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.

Deuteronomy 23:4 · KJV

Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

Judges 9:4 · KJV

And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

Judges 18:4 · KJV

And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

1 Samuel 2:5 · KJV

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

2 Samuel 10:6 · KJV

And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men.

2 Kings 7:6 · KJV

For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

1 Chronicles 19:6 · KJV

And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.

1 Chronicles 19:7 · KJV

So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

2 Chronicles 24:12 · KJV

And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 25:6 · KJV

He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.

Ezra 4:5 · KJV

And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Nehemiah 6:13 · KJV

Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

Nehemiah 13:2 · KJV

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Proverbs 26:10 · KJV

The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

Isaiah 46:6 · KJV

They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship.

Haggai 1:6 · KJV

Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7936 mean?

H7936 is the Hebrew word שָׂכַר (sâkar), meaning to hire.

How is H7936 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it hired (10 times), hire (2 times), earneth wages (2 times), surely (1 time), because they hired (1 time), among others.

How many times does H7936 appear in the Bible?

שָׂכַר (sâkar) is tagged in 17 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7936 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or (by permutation) סָכַר; (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 (כָּרָה) through the idea of temporary purchase; compare H7937 (שָׁכַר)).

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