Hebrew word study

שָׂכָרsâkâr — payment of contract

Pronounced “saw-kawr'”

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

Translated in the King James as: hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.

Appears 28 times in Scripture

Origin: from H7936 (שָׂכַר);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 7×
Genesis 15:1Genesis 30:18Genesis 30:28Genesis 30:32Genesis 30:33Genesis 31:8+ 1 more in Genesis
Exodus — 2×
Exodus 2:9Exodus 22:15
Numbers — 1×
Numbers 18:31
Deuteronomy — 2×
Deuteronomy 15:18Deuteronomy 24:15
1 Kings — 1×
1 Ki 5:6
2 Chronicles — 1×
2 Chr 15:7
Psalms — 1×
Psalms 127:3
Ecclesiastes — 2×
Eccles 4:9Eccles 9:5
Isaiah — 2×
Isaiah 40:10Isaiah 62:11
Jeremiah — 1×
Jeremiah 31:16
Ezekiel — 2×
Ezekiel 29:18Ezekiel 29:19
Jonah — 1×
Jonah 1:3
Zechariah — 4×
Zech 8:10Zech 11:12+ 2 more in Zechariah
Malachi — 1×
Malachi 3:5

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