מַשְׂכֹּרֶתmaskôreth
wages, = reward of faithfulness (Genesis 31:7; Genesis 31:41; Genesis 29:15; Ruth 2:12)
Pronunciation: mas-koh'-reth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4909
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 29:15 Laban said to him, “You shouldn’t work for me without pay just because we are relatives. Tell me how much your wages should be.”
- Genesis 31:7 but he has cheated me, changing my wages ten times. But God has not allowed him to do me any harm.
- Genesis 31:41 Yes, for twenty years I slaved in your house! I worked for fourteen years earning your two daughters, and then six more years for your flock. And you changed my wages ten times!
- Ruth 2:12 May the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge, reward you fully for what you have done.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).