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Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7939

שָׂכָר

sakarsaw-kawr'

wages

28 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: sâkâr

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7939is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 22
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7939

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

The King James renders it: hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

sakar is rendered "wages". It stands 28 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 15:1After 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.”
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-two different ways.

The first use

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 15:1שְׂכָרְךָ֖

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Seven of the word's twenty-eight uses are in Genesis.

The other 25 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • a reward4
  • wage my4
  • wage your4
  • and wage of2
  • reward his2
  • wage2
  • and wage1
  • fare its1
  • for hire its1
  • hire of1
  • of hire of1
  • reward1

and 4 more, 28 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

שָׂכַלsakalbe prudentUses62
שָׂכַרsakarto hireUses21
שָׂכִירsakirhiredUses17

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

All 28, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

22 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • שְׂכָרִ֖י3
  • שָׂכָ֥ר2
  • שָׂכָ֖ר2
  • שְׂכָרוֹ֙2
  • שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ2
  • בִּשְׂכָרֽוֹ׃ ס1
  • וְ֠שָׂכָר1
  • וּשְׂכַ֤ר1
  • וּשְׂכַ֥ר1
  • שְׂכַ֣ר1
  • שְׂכַ֤ר1
  • שָׂ֝כָ֗ר1

and 10 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · masculine singular7HNcmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular5HNcmsc/Sp1bs
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular4HNcmsc/Sp2ms
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcmsc
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp3ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HC/Ncmsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1HC/Ncmsa
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2fs
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp3fs
  • preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms

Genesis

seven uses
  • 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 15:1

    • שְׂכָרְךָ֖sekharekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: reward your
  • Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

    Genesis 30:18

    • שְׂכָרִ֔יsekharinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: reward my
  • And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”

    Genesis 30:28

    • שְׂכָרְךָ֛sekharekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wage your
  • 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 30:32

    • שְׂכָרִֽי׃sekharinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: wage my
  • 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 30:33

    • שְׂכָרִ֖יsekharinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: wage my
  • 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.

    Genesis 31:8

    • שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָsekharekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wage your
    • שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָsekharekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: wage your

Exodus

two uses
  • 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 2:9

    • שְׂכָרֵ֑ךְsekharekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: wage your
  • If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.

    Exodus 22:15

    • בִּשְׂכָרֽוֹ׃ סbiskharopreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: for hire its

Numbers

one use
  • And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 18:31

    • שָׂכָ֥רsakharnoun · masculine singulartagged: wage

Deuteronomy

two uses
  • 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.

    Deuteronomy 15:18

    • שְׂכַ֣רsekharnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: hire of
  • You 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.

    Deuteronomy 24:15

    • שְׂכָר֜וֹsekharonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: wage his

1 Kings

one use
  • Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”

    1 Kings 5:6

    • וּשְׂכַ֤רusekharconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and wage of

2 Chronicles

one use
  • But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”

    2 Chronicles 15:7

    • שָׂכָ֖רsakharnoun · masculine singulartagged: reward

Psalms

one use
  • Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

    Psalms 127:3

    • שָׂ֝כָ֗רsakharnoun · masculine singulartagged: a reward

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.

    Ecclesiastes 4:9

    • שָׂכָ֥רsakharnoun · masculine singulartagged: a reward
  • For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

    Ecclesiastes 9:5

    • שָׂכָ֔רsakharnoun · masculine singulartagged: a reward

Isaiah

two uses
  • Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.

    Isaiah 40:10

    • שְׂכָרוֹ֙sekharonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: reward his
  • Behold, 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.”

    Isaiah 62:11

    • שְׂכָרוֹ֙sekharonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: reward his

Jeremiah

one use
  • This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.

    Jeremiah 31:16

    • שָׂכָ֤רsakharnoun · masculine singulartagged: a reward

Ezekiel

two uses
  • “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.

    Ezekiel 29:18

    • וְ֠שָׂכָרvesakhorconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and wage
  • Therefore 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.

    Ezekiel 29:19

    • שָׂכָ֖רsakharnoun · masculine singulartagged: wage

Jonah

one use
  • Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.

    Jonah 1:3

    • שְׂכָרָ֜הּsekharahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: fare its

Zechariah

four uses
  • 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.

    Zechariah 8:10

    • שְׂכַ֤רsekharnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wage of
    • וּשְׂכַ֥רusekharconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and wage of
  • Then 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.

    Zechariah 11:12

    • שְׂכָרִ֖יsekharinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: wage my
    • שְׂכָרִ֖יsekharinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: wage my

Malachi

one use
  • “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

    Malachi 3:5

    • שְׂכַר־sekharsa-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of hire of

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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