◄ 7939. sakar ►
Strong's Lexicon sakar: Reward, wages, hire, payment Original Word: שָׂכָר Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: sakar Pronunciation: sah-KAR Phonetic Spelling: (saw-kawr') Definition: payment of contract, salary, fare, maintenance, compensation, benefit Meaning: The term שָׂכָר (sakar) primarily refers to "payment of contract," "salary," "fare," "maintenance," "compensation," or "benefit." It denotes the concept of a reward or remuneration given for work or service rendered. Word Origin: Derived from the root verb שָׂכַר (sakar), meaning "to hire" or "to reward." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G1943 (epimithion): Refers to a reward or recompense. • G3408 (misthos): Denotes wages, hire, or reward. • G3409 (misthapodosia): Refers to payment of wages or recompense. • G4863 (sunago): While primarily meaning "to gather together," it can imply the gathering of wages or rewards in certain contexts. The concept of שָׂכָר (sakar) is integral to understanding the biblical view of work, justice, and divine reward, reflecting a deep-seated belief in the moral and ethical obligation to fairly compensate labor and service. Usage: The word שָׂכָר (sakar) is used in various contexts throughout the Hebrew Bible to describe wages or compensation. It can refer to the payment given to laborers, the fare paid for a journey, or the reward for services provided. It is often used in legal and economic contexts, emphasizing the fairness and justice of compensating individuals for their work. Context: • The term שָׂכָר (sakar) appears in numerous passages in the Hebrew Bible, illustrating its importance in the socio-economic life of ancient Israel. It is frequently associated with the principles of justice and fairness, as seen in Leviticus 19:13, where the law commands that a laborer's wages should not be withheld overnight: "You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand." • In Genesis 30:18, Leah speaks of the birth of Issachar as a reward (שָׂכָר) from God: "Leah said, 'God has given me my reward because I gave my maidservant to my husband.' So she named him Issachar." • The concept of שָׂכָר (sakar) extends beyond mere financial transactions to encompass divine recompense. Proverbs 11:18 states, "The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward." • The word also appears in the context of maritime trade, as in Jonah 1:3, where Jonah pays the fare (שָׂכָר) to flee to Tarshish: "But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from sakar Definition hire, wages NASB Translation compensation (1), fare (1), hire (1), reward (6), rewarded (1), service (1), wage (2), wages (15). Brown-Driver-Briggs I. שָׂכָר noun masculineEzekiel 29:18 hire, wages, only singular, not with article; — absolute ׳שׂ Numbers 18:31 +, construct שְׂכַר Deuteronomy 15:18 +, suffix שְׂכָרִי Genesis 30:18 +, etc.; — 1 wages, of servant, Genesis 30:28; Genesis 30:32; Genesis 30:83 (J), Genesis 31:8 (twice in verse); Exodus 2:9 (all E), Deuteronomy 15:18 (שָׂכִיר ׳שְׂ), Deuteronomy 24:15; 1 Kings 5:20; Zechariah 8:10; Malachi 3:5 (שָׂכִיר ׳שְׂ); soldiers Ezekiel 29:18,19; shepherd (symbol) Zechariah 11:12 (twice in verse); beast Exodus 22:14 (E), Zechariah 8:10. 2 = reward, for work done, faithfulness, etc., Genesis 15:1 (JE), Genesis 30:18 (E) in explanation of name יששכר, Numbers 18:31 (P), כִּי לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ ׳יֵשׁ שׂ Jeremiah 31:16 (cf, 2 Chronicles 15:7), Isaiah 40:10 = Isaiah 62:11 (figurative of reward of ׳יs labours), Psalm 127:3; Ecclesiastes 4:9; Ecclesiastes 9:5. 3 passage-money, fare, Jonah 1:3. שִׁכְּ מִי adjective, of a people of שֶׁכֶם, with article as collective noun ׳הַשּׁ Numbers 26:31. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance hire, price, rewarded, wages, worth From sakar; payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit -- hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth. see HEBREW sakar Forms and Transliterations בִּשְׂכָרֽוֹ׃ בשכרו׃ וְ֠שָׂכָר וּשְׂכַ֤ר וּשְׂכַ֥ר ושכר כר שְׂכַ֣ר שְׂכַ֤ר שְׂכַר־ שְׂכָר֜וֹ שְׂכָרְךָ֖ שְׂכָרְךָ֛ שְׂכָרִ֔י שְׂכָרִ֖י שְׂכָרִֽי׃ שְׂכָרֵ֑ךְ שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ שְׂכָרָ֜הּ שְׂכָרוֹ֙ שָׂ֝כָ֗ר שָׂכָ֔ר שָׂכָ֖ר שָׂכָ֤ר שָׂכָ֥ר שכר שכרה שכרו שכרי שכרי׃ שכרך שכרש־ biś·ḵā·rōw bischaRo biśḵārōw Char ḵār śā·ḵār saChar śāḵār śə·ḵa·r·śā- śə·ḵā·rāh śə·ḵā·re·ḵā śə·ḵā·rə·ḵā śə·ḵā·rêḵ śə·ḵā·rî śə·ḵā·rōw śə·ḵar seChar sechaRah sechaRech sechareCha sechaRi sechaRo secharSa śəḵar śəḵārāh śəḵārêḵ śəḵāreḵā śəḵārəḵā śəḵārî śəḵārōw śəḵarśā- ū·śə·ḵar useChar ūśəḵar Vesachor wə·śā·ḵār wəśāḵār Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Genesis 15:1 HEB: מָגֵ֣ן לָ֔ךְ שְׂכָרְךָ֖ הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃ NAS: I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very KJV: [and] thy exceeding great reward. INT: I shield your reward great shall be very Genesis 30:18 HEB: נָתַ֤ן אֱלֹהִים֙ שְׂכָרִ֔י אֲשֶׁר־ נָתַ֥תִּי NAS: has given me my wages because KJV: hath given me my hire, because INT: has given God my wages because gave Genesis 30:28 HEB: וַיֹּאמַ֑ר נָקְבָ֧ה שְׂכָרְךָ֛ עָלַ֖י וְאֶתֵּֽנָה׃ NAS: Name me your wages, and I will give KJV: Appoint me thy wages, and I will give INT: continued Name your wages and I will give Genesis 30:32 HEB: בָּעִזִּ֑ים וְהָיָ֖ה שְׂכָרִֽי׃ NAS: among the goats; and [such] shall be my wages. KJV: among the goats: and [of such] shall be my hire. INT: the goats become and shall be my wages Genesis 30:33 HEB: תָב֥וֹא עַל־ שְׂכָרִ֖י לְפָנֶ֑יךָ כֹּ֣ל NAS: concerning my wages. Every one KJV: when it shall come for my hire before thy face: INT: come concerning my wages face Every Genesis 31:8 HEB: נְקֻדִּים֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ וְיָלְד֥וּ כָל־ NAS: The speckled shall be your wages,' then all KJV: thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle INT: the speckled shall be thy wages brought all manner Genesis 31:8 HEB: עֲקֻדִּים֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה שְׂכָרֶ֔ךָ וְיָלְד֥וּ כָל־ NAS: The striped shall be your wages,' then all KJV: thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare INT: the striped shall be thy hire forth all manner Exodus 2:9 HEB: אֶתֵּ֣ן אֶת־ שְׂכָרֵ֑ךְ וַתִּקַּ֧ח הָאִשָּׁ֛ה NAS: him for me and I will give [you] your wages. So the woman KJV: it for me, and I will give [thee] thy wages. And the woman INT: I will give your wages took the woman Exodus 22:15 HEB: ה֔וּא בָּ֖א בִּשְׂכָרֽוֹ׃ ס NAS: it is hired, it came for its hire. KJV: [thing], it came for his hire. INT: it came hire Numbers 18:31 HEB: וּבֵֽיתְכֶ֑ם כִּֽי־ שָׂכָ֥ר הוּא֙ לָכֶ֔ם NAS: you and your households, for it is your compensation in return KJV: ye and your households: for it [is] your reward for INT: and your households for is your compensation he return Deuteronomy 15:18 HEB: כִּ֗י מִשְׁנֶה֙ שְׂכַ֣ר שָׂכִ֔יר עֲבָֽדְךָ֖ NAS: [with] double the service of a hired man; KJV: free from thee; for he hath been worth a double INT: for double the service of a hired has given Deuteronomy 24:15 HEB: בְּיוֹמוֹ֩ תִתֵּ֨ן שְׂכָר֜וֹ וְֽלֹא־ תָב֧וֹא NAS: You shall give him his wages on his day KJV: thou shalt give [him] his hire, neither shall the sun INT: his day shall give his wages not sets 1 Kings 5:6 HEB: עִם־ עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ וּשְׂכַ֤ר עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן NAS: and I will give you wages for your servants KJV: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants INT: will be with your servants wages your servants will give 2 Chronicles 15:7 HEB: כִּ֛י יֵ֥שׁ שָׂכָ֖ר לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶֽם׃ ס NAS: for there is reward for your work. KJV: for your work shall be rewarded. INT: for there is reward your work Psalm 127:3 HEB: יְהוָ֣ה בָּנִ֑ים שָׂ֝כָ֗ר פְּרִ֣י הַבָּֽטֶן׃ NAS: The fruit of the womb is a reward. KJV: of the womb [is his] reward. INT: of the LORD children reward the fruit of the womb Ecclesiastes 4:9 HEB: יֵשׁ־ לָהֶ֛ם שָׂכָ֥ר ט֖וֹב בַּעֲמָלָֽם׃ KJV: a good reward for their labour. INT: have like reward A good their labor Ecclesiastes 9:5 HEB: ע֤וֹד לָהֶם֙ שָׂכָ֔ר כִּ֥י נִשְׁכַּ֖ח NAS: they any longer a reward, for their memory KJV: not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory INT: have any A reward for is forgotten Isaiah 40:10 HEB: ל֑וֹ הִנֵּ֤ה שְׂכָרוֹ֙ אִתּ֔וֹ וּפְעֻלָּת֖וֹ NAS: for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him And His recompense KJV: shall rule for him: behold, his reward [is] with him, and his work INT: ruling Behold his reward for and his recompense Isaiah 62:11 HEB: בָּ֑א הִנֵּ֤ה שְׂכָרוֹ֙ אִתּ֔וֹ וּפְעֻלָּת֖וֹ NAS: Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense KJV: cometh; behold, his reward [is] with him, and his work INT: comes Behold his reward for and his recompense Jeremiah 31:16 HEB: כִּי֩ יֵ֨שׁ שָׂכָ֤ר לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ֙ נְאֻם־ NAS: For your work will be rewarded, declares KJV: shall be rewarded, saith INT: for shall be will be rewarded your work declares Ezekiel 29:18 HEB: כָּתֵ֖ף מְרוּטָ֑ה וְ֠שָׂכָר לֹא־ הָ֨יָה NAS: had no wages from Tyre for the labor KJV: [was] peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, INT: shoulder was rubbed wages no had Ezekiel 29:19 HEB: בִּזָּ֔הּ וְהָיְתָ֥ה שָׂכָ֖ר לְחֵילֽוֹ׃ NAS: her plunder; and it will be wages for his army. KJV: her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. INT: her plunder become will be wages army Jonah 1:3 HEB: תַרְשִׁ֗ישׁ וַיִּתֵּ֨ן שְׂכָרָ֜הּ וַיֵּ֤רֶד בָּהּ֙ NAS: paid the fare and went down KJV: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down INT: to Tarshish paid the fare down to go Zechariah 8:10 HEB: הַיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם שְׂכַ֤ר הָֽאָדָם֙ לֹ֣א NAS: there was no wage for man KJV: there was no hire for man, INT: days those wage man no Zechariah 8:10 HEB: לֹ֣א נִֽהְיָ֔ה וּשְׂכַ֥ר הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אֵינֶ֑נָּה NAS: for man or any wage for animal; KJV: for man, nor any hire for beast; INT: no there was wage animal there 28 Occurrences Strong's Hebrew 7939 28 Occurrences biś·ḵā·rōw — 1 Occ. ḵār — 1 Occ. śā·ḵār — 6 Occ. śə·ḵar — 2 Occ. śə·ḵā·rāh — 1 Occ. śə·ḵā·rêḵ — 1 Occ. śə·ḵā·rə·ḵā — 4 Occ. śə·ḵā·rî — 5 Occ. śə·ḵā·rōw — 3 Occ. śə·ḵa·r·śā- — 1 Occ. ū·śə·ḵar — 2 Occ. wə·śā·ḵār — 1 Occ.