שָׂכִירsâkîyr
hired
Pronunciation: saw-keer' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7916
Meanings
1. hired (Exodus 22:14; Isaiah 7:20)
2. hireling, hired labourer, usually as substantive (Deuteronomy 15:18; Deuteronomy 24:14; Leviticus 19:13)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 17 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 12:45 Temporary residents and hired servants may not eat it.
- Exodus 22:15 But if the owner was present, no compensation is required. And no compensation is required if the animal was rented, for this loss is covered by the rental fee.
- Leviticus 19:13 “Do not defraud or rob your neighbor. “Do not make your hired workers wait until the next day to receive their pay.
- Leviticus 22:10 “No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offerings. Even guests and hired workers in a priest’s home are not allowed to eat them.
- Leviticus 25:6 But you may eat whatever the land produces on its own during its Sabbath. This applies to you, your male and female servants, your hired workers, and the temporary residents who live with you.
- Leviticus 25:40 Treat him instead as a hired worker or as a temporary resident who lives with you, and he will serve you only until the Year of Jubilee.
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).