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שָׂכָר H7939
H7939 is the Hebrew word שָׂכָר, transliterated sâkâr and said saw-kawr'. The King James Version most often renders it hire.
What it means
payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit.
Where it comes from
from H7936 (שָׂכַר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 24 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.
Verses using שָׂכָר
All 21 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 30:18 · KJV
And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
Genesis 30:28 · KJV
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
Genesis 30:33 · KJV
So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
Genesis 31:8 · KJV
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
Exodus 2:9 · KJV
And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.
Numbers 18:31 · KJV
And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Deuteronomy 15:18 · KJV
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
Deuteronomy 24:15 · KJV
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
1 Kings 5:6 · KJV
Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians.
2 Chronicles 15:7 · KJV
Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 · KJV
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 · KJV
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Isaiah 40:10 · KJV
Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Isaiah 62:11 · KJV
Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Jeremiah 31:16 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
Ezekiel 29:18 · KJV
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
Ezekiel 29:19 · KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
Jonah 1:3 · KJV
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Zechariah 8:10 · KJV
For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
Zechariah 11:12 · KJV
And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
Malachi 3:5 · KJV
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7939 mean?
H7939 is the Hebrew word שָׂכָר (sâkâr), meaning payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit.
How is H7939 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it hire (5 times), wages (5 times), reward (2 times), rewarded (2 times), behold his reward (2 times), among others.
How many times does H7939 appear in the Bible?
שָׂכָר (sâkâr) is tagged in 21 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7939 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7936 (שָׂכַר).
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