שָׂכַר
sâkar · saw-kar'
to hire
Lexicon
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));
to hire
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: earn wages, hire (out self), reward, [idiom] surely.
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
- 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 head, the highest
To consume, to destroy of the open hand that covers of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׂכַר 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
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and hired3 · 14%
- unto me; for surely1 · 5%
- i have hired1 · 5%
- and because they hired1 · 5%
- hired1 · 5%
- with me, and hath hired1 · 5%
- have hired out1 · 5%
- hath hired1 · 5%
- to hire1 · 5%
- so they hired1 · 5%
- he hired1 · 5%
- had hired1 · 5%
- therefore was he hired1 · 5%
- but hired1 · 5%
- all things both rewardeth1 · 5%
- and rewardeth1 · 5%
- and hire1 · 5%
- and he that earneth wages1 · 5%
- earneth wages1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
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.