The meaning of “שָׂכַר”
Understanding sâkar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (by permutation) סָכַר çâkar (saw-kar'); (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to כָּרָה thro...
שָׂכַר
or (by permutation) סָכַר çâkar (saw-kar'); (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to כָּרָה through the idea of temporary purchase; compare שָׁכַר) earn wages, hire (out self), reward, [idiom] surely. - to hire 1) to hire 1a) (Qal) to hire 1b) (Niphal) to hire oneself out 1c) (Hithpael) to earn wages
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 30:16 | “And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.” Word: שָׂכַר (sâkar) | |
| Judges 18:4 | “And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.” Word: שָׂכַר (sâkar) | |
| 2 Samuel 10:6 | “And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob twelve thousand men.” Word: שָׂכַר (sâkar) | |
| 1 Chronicles 19:7 | “So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.” Word: שָׂכַר (sâkar) | |
| Ezra 4:5 | “And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.” Word: שָׂכַר (sâkar) |