שָׂכָר

sa.kharNoun (Masculine)H7939

wages

From: from H7936 (שָׂכַר);

Short Definition

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

Full Lexicon Entry

  1. hire, wages 1a) wages 1b) reward, pay 1c) fare, fee, passage-money

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

23 times

Appears 23 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Genesis
6
Deuteronomy
2
Ecclesiastes
2
Ezk
2
Isaiah
2

Key Passages

  • 2 Chronicles 15:7
  • Ecclesiastes 9:5
  • Genesis 15:1
  • Genesis 30:33
  • Jeremiah 31:16

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