TBESH · H7939
שָׂכָר · sa.khar · wages
1) hire, wages 1a) wages 1b) reward, pay 1c) fare, fee, passage-money
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sa.khar H7939
שָׂכָר (sa.khar) means “wages” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
שָׂכָר Hebrew · H7939 28 tagged occurrences in 25 verses
Pronunciation guide: saw-kawr' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H7936 (שָׂכַר); payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
KJV glosses: hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.
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How translators render H7939
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 |
|---|---|
| my wages | 4 |
| your wages | 4 |
| his reward | 2 |
| reward | 2 |
| the wages | 2 |
| wages | 2 |
| and against those who defraud laborers | 1 |
| his wages | 1 |
| is his reward | 1 |
| is the compensation | 1 |
| return | 1 |
| rewarded | 1 |
| the fare | 1 |
| the fee covers the loss | 1 |
| the reward | 1 |
| whatever wages | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| reward | 3 |
| rewarded | 2 |
| and it shall be the wages | 1 |
| behold his reward | 1 |
| for him behold his reward | 1 |
| for his hire | 1 |
| for my hire | 1 |
| for my price | 1 |
| from thee for he hath been worth | 1 |
| hire | 1 |
| his hire | 1 |
| me my hire | 1 |
| me thy wages | 1 |
| my price | 1 |
| neither have they any more a reward | 1 |
| no hire | 1 |
| nor any hire | 1 |
| shall be my hire | 1 |
| shall be thy hire | 1 |
| shall be thy wages | 1 |
| the fare | 1 |
| thy wages | 1 |
| wages | 1 |
| yet had he no wages | 1 |
| your reward | 1 |
Verses containing H7939
Page 1 of 1. 25 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 15:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Genesis 30:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
Read word by word - Genesis 30:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And he added, “Name your wages, and I will pay them.”
Read word by word - Genesis 30:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Genesis 30:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Genesis 31:8
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Exodus 2:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Exodus 22:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.14
- Numbers 18:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 15:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 24:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - 1 Kings 5:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.20
- 2 Chronicles 15:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
Read word by word - Psalms 127:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 4:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 9:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Isaiah 40:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.
Read word by word - Isaiah 62:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 31:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 29:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 29:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Jonah 1:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Zechariah 8:10
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Zechariah 11:12
· BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
Read word by word - Malachi 3:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
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