שָׂכִיר
sâkîyr · saw-keer'
a man at wages by the day or year
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7936 (שָׂכַר);
a man at wages by the day or year
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hired (man, servant), hireling.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the open hand that covers › the hand that works › the head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers of the hand that works of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂכִיר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of an hireling3 · 18%
- hired servant2 · 12%
- and an hired servant1 · 6%
- if it be an hired1 · 6%
- of him that is hired1 · 6%
- or an hired servant1 · 6%
- and for thy hired servant1 · 6%
- but as an hired servant1 · 6%
- of an hired servant1 · 6%
- an hired servant1 · 6%
- and as an hireling1 · 6%
- as an hireling1 · 6%
- also her hired men1 · 6%
- the hireling1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.