שָׂכַרsâkar

Meanings

Same root

• כָּרָהkârâh · H3739to purchase
• שָׁכַרshâkar · H7937to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with astimulating drink or (figuratively) influence
• מַשְׂכֹּרֶתmaskôreth · H4909wages or a reward
• שָׂכִירsâkîyr · H7916a man at wages by the day or year
• שֶׂכֶרseker · H7938wages
• שָׂכָרsâkâr · H7939payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit

Where it appears

Appears 21 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 30:16 So that evening, as Jacob was coming home from the fields, Leah went out to meet him. “You must come and sleep with me tonight!” she said. “I have paid for you with some mandrakes that my son found.” So that night he slept with Leah.
• Deuteronomy 23:4 These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.
• Judges 9:4 They gave him seventy silver coins from the temple of Baal-berith, which he used to hire some reckless troublemakers who agreed to follow him.
• Judges 18:4 He told them about his agreement with Micah and that he had been hired as Micah’s personal priest.
• 1 Samuel 2:5 Those who were well fed are now starving, and those who were starving are now full. The childless woman now has seven children, and the woman with many children wastes away.
• 2 Samuel 10:6 When the people of Ammon realized how seriously they had angered David, they sent and hired 20,000 Aramean foot soldiers from the lands of Beth-rehob and Zobah, 1,000 from the king of Maacah, and 12,000 from the land of Tob.