TBESH · H7936A
סָכַר · sa.khar · to hire
1) to hire 1a) (Qal) to hire
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sa.khar H7936
סָכַר (sa.khar) means “to hire” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
סָכַר Hebrew · H7936 21 tagged occurrences in 18 verses
Pronunciation guide: saw-kar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H7936B
שָׂכַר · sa.khar · to hire
1) to hire 1a) (Qal) to hire 1b) (Niphal) to hire oneself out 1c) (Hithpael) to earn wages Also means: sa.khar (סָכַר "to hire" H7936A)
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
or (by permutation) סָכַר; (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 (כָּרָה) through the idea of temporary purchase; compare H7937 (שָׁכַר)); to hire
KJV glosses: earn wages, hire (out self), reward, [idiom] surely.
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How translators render H7936
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| hired | 2 |
| they hired | 2 |
| to hire | 2 |
| and he has hired me | 1 |
| but had hired | 1 |
| had been hired | 1 |
| had hired him | 1 |
| he also hired | 1 |
| hire themselves out | 1 |
| i have hired you | 1 |
| is he who hires | 1 |
| must have hired | 1 |
| or | 1 |
| so they hired | 1 |
| they hire | 1 |
| you earn wages | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and hired | 3 |
| he hired | 2 |
| and because they hired | 1 |
| and he that earneth wages | 1 |
| and rewardeth | 1 |
| both rewardeth | 1 |
| but hired | 1 |
| earneth wages | 1 |
| had hired | 1 |
| hath hired | 1 |
| have hired out | 1 |
| hire | 1 |
| hired | 1 |
| i have hired | 1 |
| so they hired | 1 |
| to hire | 1 |
| unto me for surely | 1 |
| with me and hath hired | 1 |
Verses containing H7936
Page 1 of 1. 18 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 30:16
· BSB · 2 occurrences
When 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.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 23:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 23.5
- Judges 9:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So 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.
Read word by word - Judges 18:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Micah has done this and that for me,” he replied, “and he has hired me to be his priest.”
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 2:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
Read word by word - 2 Samuel 10:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
Read word by word - 2 Kings 7:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 19:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 1 Chronicles 19:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So 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 were mustered from their cities and marched out for battle.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 24:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then 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.
Read word by word - 2 Chronicles 25:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He also hired 100,000 mighty men of valor from Israel for a hundred talents of silver.
Read word by word - Ezra 4:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 6:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I realized that God had not sent him, but that he had uttered this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 6:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He 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.
Read word by word - Nehemiah 13:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
because 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).
Read word by word - Proverbs 26:10
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
Read word by word - Isaiah 46:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.
Read word by word - Haggai 1:6
· BSB · 2 occurrences
You 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.”
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