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 39Old Testament books
- 22spellings
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.
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.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.”
- שָׂכָ֖רsakharnoun · masculine singulartagged: reward
Psalms
one use
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
- שָׂ֝כָ֗רsakharnoun · masculine singulartagged: a reward
Ecclesiastes
two uses
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- שְׂכַר־sekharsa-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of hire of
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.
