שְׂכִירָהsᵉkîyrâh

hired

Pronunciation: sek-ee-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7917

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 1 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 7:20 In that day the Lord will hire a “razor” from beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria—and use it to shave off everything: your land, your crops, and your people.

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).