Word Study · Strong's H7939 · Hebrew
שָׂכָר
sakar
saw-kawr'
Strong's 1890 spelling: sâkâr
“payment of contract”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
Rendered in the KJV as
hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.
- 28occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 14 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 22inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 28 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 22
- שְׂכָרִ֖י3
- שָׂכָ֥ר2
- שָׂכָ֖ר2
- שְׂכָרוֹ֙2
- שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ2
- בִּשְׂכָרֽוֹ׃ ס1
- וְ֠שָׂכָר1
- וּשְׂכַ֤ר1
- וּשְׂכַ֥ר1
- שְׂכַ֣ר1
- שְׂכַ֤ר1
- שָׂ֝כָ֗ר1
and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 19
- wage[s] my4
- wage[s] your4
- [is] a reward2
- and [the] wage[s] of2
- reward his2
- [is] reward1
- [is] wage[s]1
- [the] hire of1
- [the] wage[s] of1
- [will be] a reward1
- a reward1
- and wage[s]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- noun · masculine singular7
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular5
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular4
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 7
- HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 5
- HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 4
- HNcmsc · 3
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 3
- HC/Ncmsc · 2
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp2fs · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3fs · 1
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 28, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Genesis7 of 28 · 25%
- Zechariah4 of 28 · 14%
- Exodus2 of 28 · 7%
- Deuteronomy2 of 28 · 7%
- Ecclesiastes2 of 28 · 7%
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis7 occurrences
- Genesis 15:1שְׂכָרְךָ֖sekharekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAfter 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.”here: reward your
- Genesis 30:18שְׂכָרִ֔יsekharinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThen Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.here: reward my
- Genesis 30:28שְׂכָרְךָ֛sekharekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularAnd he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”here: wage[s] your
- Genesis 30:32שְׂכָרִֽי׃sekharinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularLet 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.here: wage[s] my
- Genesis 30:33שְׂכָרִ֖יsekharinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularSo 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.”here: wage[s] my
- Genesis 31:8שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָsekharekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularIf 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.here: wage[s] your
- Genesis 31:8שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָsekharekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularIf 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.here: wage[s] your
Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 2:9שְׂכָרֵ֑ךְsekharekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularPharaoh’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.here: wage[s] your
- Exodus 22:15בִּשְׂכָרֽוֹ׃ סbiskharopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIf the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.here: for hire its
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 15:18שְׂכַ֣רsekharnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.here: [the] hire of
- Deuteronomy 24:15שְׂכָר֜וֹsekharonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularYou are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.here: wage[s] his
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Psalms1 occurrence
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 4:9שָׂכָ֥רsakharnoun · masculine singularTwo are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.here: [is] a reward
- Ecclesiastes 9:5שָׂכָ֔רsakharnoun · masculine singularFor the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.here: a reward
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 40:10שְׂכָרוֹ֙sekharonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBehold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.here: reward his
- Isaiah 62:11שְׂכָרוֹ֙sekharonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBehold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”here: reward his
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 29:18וְ֠שָׂכָרvesakhorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.here: and wage[s]
- Ezekiel 29:19שָׂכָ֖רsakharnoun · masculine singularTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This will be the wages for his army.here: wage[s]
Zechariah4 occurrences
- Zechariah 8:10שְׂכַ֤רsekharnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.here: [the] wage[s] of
- Zechariah 8:10וּשְׂכַ֥רusekharconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.here: and [the] wage[s] of
- Zechariah 11:12שְׂכָרִ֖יsekharinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThen I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.here: wage[s] my
- Zechariah 11:12שְׂכָרִ֖יsekharinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularThen I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.here: wage[s] my
Same headword in Strong's