HebrewH7940Proper Noun (Masculine)

שָׂכָר

sa.khar

“Sachar”

2Occurrences

H7940Strong's #

Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Sakar, the name of two Israelites

the same as H7939 (שָׂכָר); recompense;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at ; son of: Obed-edom (H5654); brother of: Shemaiah (H8098I), Jehozabad (H3075H), Joah (H3098I), Nethanel (H5417K), Ammiel (H5988I), Issachar (H3485H) and Peullethai (H6469) § Sacar = "wages" 1) father of Ahiam, one of David's mighty warriors 2) a Korahite Levite gatekeeper, the 4th son of Obed-edom in the time of David

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

שָׂכָר appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:35BSB

Ahiam son of Sachar the Hararite,Eliphal son of Ur,

1 Chronicles 26:4BSB

And Obed-edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.