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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׂכָר (sa.khar) — wages. 1) hire, wages 1a) wages 1b) reward, pay 1c) fare, fee, passage-money
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׂכר
Possess | ≈ פְּעֻלָּה
hire, wages, fare = a fixed regular payment for work, either with money or in kind; ≈ by extension: all that happens in return for one's actions
GEN 15:1 · GEN 30:18 · GEN 30:28 · GEN 30:32 · GEN 30:33 · GEN 31:8 · GEN 31:8 · EXO 2:9 · EXO 22:14 · NUM 18:31 · DEU 15:18 · DEU 24:15 · 1KI 5:20 · 2CH 15:7 · PSA 127:3 · ECC 4:9 · ECC 9:5 · ISA 40:10 · ISA 62:11 · JER 31:16 · EZK 29:18 · EZK 29:19 · JON 1:3 · ZEC 8:10 · ZEC 8:10 · ZEC 11:12 · ZEC 11:12 · MAL 3:5
name
Names of People | ≈ שָׁרָר
Sachar = man, also known as Sharar; ► father of Ahiam, warrior, time of king David
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׂכָר n.m. hire, wages wages, of a servant
= reward, for work done, faithfulness, etc.
passage-money, fare
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