Strong's Definition
to hire
Derivation: 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));
KJV Usage: earn wages, hire (out self), reward, [idiom] surely.
TWOT Reference: 2264.1
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סָכַר (sa.khar) — to hire. 1) to hire 1a) (Qal) to hire
שָׂכַר (sa.khar) — to hire. 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)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַשְׂכֹּרֶת · שֶׂכֶר · שָׂכָר · שָׂכִיר
Hire | verb hit
to hire oneself out = action by which humans make their services available to other humans for a limited amount of time and in return for payment
Hire | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ סכר
to hire = causative action by which humans obtain the service of other humans for a limited amount of time and in return for payment
GEN 30:16 · GEN 30:16 · DEU 23:5 · JDG 9:4 · JDG 18:4 · 1SA 2:5 · 2SA 10:6 · 2KI 7:6 · 1CH 19:6 · 1CH 19:7 · 2CH 24:12 · 2CH 25:6 · NEH 6:12 · NEH 6:13 · NEH 13:2 · PRO 26:10 · PRO 26:10 · ISA 46:6
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[סָכַר] vb. hire;—only Qal Ezr 4:5 ref
שָׂכַר vb. hire Qal hire
Niph. hire oneself out
Hithp. earn wages
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