שָׂכַר (sâkar) — Earn Wages

Strong's H7936 is tagged on 21 words in 18 verses across 13 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 30:16 and last appears in Haggai 1:6.

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Books where it appears most

Verses (all 18)

• Genesis 30:16 — שָׂכֹר — certainly to hire
• Deuteronomy 23:4 — שָׂכַר — he hired
• Judges 9:4 — וַיִּשְׂכֹּר — and he hired
• Judges 18:4 — וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵנִי — and he has hired me
• 1 Samuel 2:5 — נִשְׂכָּרוּ — they hire themselves out
• 2 Samuel 10:6 — וַיִּשְׂכְּרוּ — and they hired
• 2 Kings 7:6 — שָׂכַר — he has hired
• 1 Chronicles 19:6 — לִשְׂכֹּר — to hire
• 1 Chronicles 19:7 — וַיִּשְׂכְּרוּ — and they hired
• 2 Chronicles 24:12 — שֹׂכְרִים — hiring
• 2 Chronicles 25:6 — וַיִּשְׂכֹּר — and he hired
• Ezra 4:5 — וְסֹכְרִים — and were hiring
• Nehemiah 6:12 — שְׂכָרוֹ — he had hired him
• Nehemiah 6:13 — שָׂכוּר — was hired
• Nehemiah 13:2 — וַיִּשְׂכֹּר — and he had hired
• Proverbs 26:10 — וְשֹׂכֵר — and one who hires
• Isaiah 46:6 — יִשְׂכְּרוּ — they hire
• Haggai 1:6 — וְהַמִּשְׂתַּכֵּר — and the one who earns wages

Related entries

Named in this entry's derivation: H3739 כָּרָה (kârâh), H7937 שָׁכַר (shâkar).

Entries whose derivation names this word: H4909 מַשְׂכֹּרֶת (maskôreth), H7916 שָׂכִיר (sâkîyr), H7938 שֶׂכֶר (seker), H7939 שָׂכָר (sâkâr).

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