Word Study · Strong's H7936 · Hebrew
שָׂכַר
sakar
saw-kar'
Strong's 1890 spelling: sâkar
“to hire”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to hire
Rendered in the KJV as
earn wages, hire (out self), reward, [idiom] surely.
- 21occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 13 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 21 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר2
- וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר2
- וְהַ֨מִּשְׂתַּכֵּ֔ר1
- וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר1
- וַיִּשְׂכְּרוּ֩1
- וַיִּשְׂכְּר֣וּ1
- וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִי1
- וְסֹכְרִ֧ים1
- יִשְׂכְּר֤וּ1
- לִשְׂכֹּ֣ר1
- מִשְׂתַּכֵּ֖ר1
- נִשְׂכָּ֔רוּ1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 18
- and [one who] hires2
- and he hired2
- and they hired2
- [is] earning wages1
- [was] hired1
- and [were] hiring1
- and he had hired1
- and he has hired me1
- and the [one who] earns wages1
- certainly to hire1
- he had hired him1
- he has hired1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 16
- Hc/Vqw3ms3
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular2
- Hc/Vqw3mp2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bs1
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 3
- HC/Vqrmsa · 2
- Hc/Vqw3mp · 2
- HVqp3ms · 2
- HC/Td/Vtrmsa · 1
- HC/Vqrmpa · 1
- Hc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bs · 1
- HR/Vqcc · 1
- HVNp3cp · 1
- HVqaa · 1
- HVqi3mp · 1
- HVqp1cs/Sp2ms · 1
All 21, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Nehemiah3 of 21 · 14%
- Genesis2 of 21 · 10%
- Judges2 of 21 · 10%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 21 · 10%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 21 · 10%
Nehemiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 30:16שָׂכֹ֣רsakhorverb · simple (qal), infinitive absoluteWhen Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.here: certainly to hire
- Genesis 30:16שְׂכַרְתִּ֔יךָsekhartikhaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularWhen Jacob came in from the field that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come with me, for I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept with her that night.here: I have hired you
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 9:4וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨רvaiyiskorHc/Vqw3msSo they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.here: and he hired
- Judges 18:4וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִיvaiyiskereniHc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bs“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”here: and he has hired me
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 19:6לִשְׂכֹּ֣רliskorpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.here: to hire
- 1 Chronicles 19:7וַיִּשְׂכְּר֣וּvaiyiskeruHc/Vqw3mpSo they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, as well as the king of Maacah with his troops, who came and camped near Medeba while the Ammonites came from their cities and marched out for battle.here: and they hired
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 24:12שֹׂכְרִים֙sokherimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThen the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.here: hiring
- 2 Chronicles 25:6וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣רvaiyiskorHc/Vqw3msHe also hired 100,000 mighty warriors from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.here: and he hired
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 6:12שְׂכָרֽוֹ׃sekharoverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularI realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.here: he had hired him
- Nehemiah 6:13שָׂכוּר֙sakhurverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singularHe had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.here: [was] hired
- Nehemiah 13:2וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨רvaiyiskorHc/Vqw3msbecause they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).here: and he had hired
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 26:10וְשֹׂכֵ֥רvesokherconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularLike an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.here: and [one who] hires
- Proverbs 26:10וְשֹׂכֵ֥רvesokherconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularLike an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.here: and [one who] hires
Haggai2 occurrences
- Haggai 1:6וְהַ֨מִּשְׂתַּכֵּ֔רvehammistakerconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYou have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”here: and the [one who] earns wages
- Haggai 1:6מִשְׂתַּכֵּ֖רmistakerverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYou have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”here: [is] earning wages