H7939 - שָׂכָר (sâkâr)

H7939 שָׂכָר (sâkâr) saw-kawr'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

wages

Strong's Definition

payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit

Derivation: from H7936 (שָׂכַר);

KJV Usage: hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.

TWOT Reference: 2264.1b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) hire, wages

1a) wages

1b) reward, pay

1c) fare, fee, passage-money

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G1943 G3408 G3408 G3409 G3409 G4863 G4863

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) hire, wages 1a) wages 1b) reward, pay 1c) fare, fee, passage-money

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׂכָר śâkâr BDB Definition: 1) hire, wages 1a) wages 1b) reward, pay 1c) fare, fee, passage-money Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7936 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2264.1b Total KJV Occurrences: 28

Bible Occurrences (25)

15:1 30:18 30:28 30:32 30:33 31:8

2:9 22:15

18:31

15:18 24:15

5:6

15:7

127:3

4:9 9:5

40:10 62:11

31:16

29:18 29:19

1:3

8:10 11:12

3:5

Genesis 15:1

After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:... Do not be afraid, Abram. I [am] your shield, your very great reward.

Genesis 30:18

Then Leah said, God has rewarded me... for giving my maidservant to my husband. So she named him... Issachar.

Genesis 30:28

And he added, Name your wages,... and I will pay them.

Genesis 30:32

Let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and every spotted or speckled goat. These will be my wages.

Genesis 30:33

So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check... on my wages in the future.... If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.

Genesis 31:8

If... he said, The speckled will be your wages, then the whole flock bore speckled offspring. If... he said, The streaked will be your wages, then the whole flock bore streaked offspring.

Exodus 2:9

Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages. So the woman took the boy and nursed him.

Exodus 22:15

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