שָׂכַר sakhar

Hebrew word for “to hire” · Strong’s H7936 · used 21 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) to hire; 1a) (Qal) to hire; 1b) (Niphal) to hire oneself out; 1c) (Hithpael) to earn wages; Also means: sa.khar (סָכַר "to hire" H7936A)

Senses in the lexicon

• to hire (20)
• to hire (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for sakhar in context, with how often each is used:

• hired 6
• has hired 2
• hire 2
• hiring 2
• had hired 2
• one who hires 2
• certainly 1
• have hired 1
• hire themselves out 1
• one who earns wages 1
• earning wages 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Chronicles 19 (2), Nehemiah 6 (2), Genesis 30 (1), Deuteronomy 23 (1), Judges 9 (1), Judges 18 (1), 1 Samuel 2 (1), 2 Samuel 10 (1), 2 Kings 7 (1), 2 Chronicles 24 (1)

Forms

• שׂכר 3
• וישׂכר 3
• וישׂכרו 2
• ושׂכר 2
• שׂכרתיך 1
• וישׂכרני 1
• נשׂכרו 1
• לשׂכר 1
• שׂכרים 1
• שׂכרו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with sakhar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מַעֲכָה maakhah “Maacah” 3
• אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם aram naharayim “Mesopotamia” 2
• כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 4
• עַמּוֹן ammon “Ammon” 3
• אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 4
• רֶכֶב rekhev “chariot” 3
• אֲרָם aram “Syria” 3
• צוֹבָא tsova “Zobah” 2
• בָּאַשׁ baash “to stink” 2
• קָדַם qadam “to meet” 2
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 3
• הֶם hem “them” 4

Key verses

The verses using sakhar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 23:4 — 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…
• Judges 9:4 — And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
• Judges 18:4 — 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 — 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…
• 2 Samuel 10:6 — And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba,…
• 2 Kings 7:6 — 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,…
• 1 Chronicles 19:6 — 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…
• Nehemiah 6:12 — And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
• Nehemiah 6:13 — 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 — 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…
• Isaiah 46:6 — 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 — 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.