Strong's H7936

שָׂכַר

Language:: Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)

Definition

to hire

Derivation

or (by permutation) סָכַר; (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 (כָּרָה) through the idea of temporary purchase; compare H7937 (שָׁכַר));

KJV Translation

In the King James Version, שָׂכַר is translated as: earn wages, hire (out self), reward, [idiom] surely..

About Strong's Concordance

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.