H4909 מַשְׂכֹּרֶת (maskôreth) mas-koh'-reth

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

wage

Strong's Definition

wages or a reward

Derivation: from H7936 (שָׂכַר);

KJV Usage: reward, wages.

TWOT Reference: 2264.1d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) wages

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַשְׂכֹּ֫רֶת (mas.ko.ret) — wage. wages

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מַשְׂכֹּרֶת (H4909)

noun f · שׂכר

Possess

hire, wages, fare = a fixed regular payment for work, either with money or in kind; ≈ in extension: all that happens in return for one's actions

GEN 29:15 · GEN 31:7 · GEN 31:41 · RUT 2:12

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מַשְׂכֹּ֫רֶת] n.f. wages base

Bible Occurrences (4)

29:15 31:7 31:41

2:12

Genesis 29:15

Laban said to him, Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.

Genesis 31:7

And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me....

Genesis 31:41

Thus for twenty years I have served in your household— fourteen... years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks— and you have changed my wages ten times!

Ruth 2:12

May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.