H7916 - שָׂכִיר (sâkîyr)

H7916 שָׂכִיר (sâkîyr) saw-keer'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

hired

Strong's Definition

a man at wages by the day or year

Derivation: from H7936 (שָׂכַר);

KJV Usage: hired (man, servant), hireling.

TWOT Reference: 2264.1c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) hired

1a) hired (of animal)

1b) hireling, hired labourer (subst)

1b1) mercenary

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3407 G3411

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) hired 1a) hired (of animal) 1b) hireling, hired labourer (subst) 1b1) mercenary

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׂכִיר śâký̂yr BDB Definition: 1) hired 1a) hired (of animal) 1b) hireling, hired labourer (substantive) 1b1) mercenary Part of Speech: adjective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7936 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2264.1c Total KJV Occurrences: 25

Bible Occurrences (17)

12:45 22:15

19:13 22:10 25:6 25:40 25:50 25:53

15:18 24:14

7:1 7:2 14:6

16:14 21:16

46:21

3:5

Exodus 12:45

A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat [the Passover].

Exodus 22:15

If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If [the animal]... was rented, the fee covers the loss.

Leviticus 19:13

You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

Leviticus 22:10

No one outside [a priest’s family] may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat [it].

Leviticus 25:6

Whatever the land yields during the Sabbath year shall be food for you— for yourself, your manservant and maidservant, the hired hand or foreigner who stays with you,

Leviticus 25:40

Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.

Leviticus 25:50

He and his purchaser will then count the time from the year he sold himself up to the Year of Jubilee. The price of his sale will be determined by the number of years, based on the daily wages of a hired hand.

Leviticus 25:53

He shall be treated... like a man hired from year to year, but [a foreign owner] must not rule over him harshly in your sight.