שָׂכִיר

sa.khirAdjectiveH7916

hired

From: from H7936 (שָׂכַר);

Short Definition

a man at wages by the day or year

Full Lexicon Entry

  1. hired 1a) hired (of animal) 1b) hireling, hired labourer (subst) 1b1) mercenary

Grammar

Part of Speech Adjective

Morphology H:A

DescriptionHebrew Adjective

Occurrences

16 times

Appears 16 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Leviticus
6
Job
3
Deuteronomy
2
Isaiah
2
Exodus
1

Key Passages

  • Deuteronomy 15:18
  • Isaiah 16:14
  • Job 14:6
  • Leviticus 19:13
  • Leviticus 25:40

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