שָׂכָר
sâkâr · saw-kawr'
payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7936 (שָׂכַר);
payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit
- payment of contract
- concretely, salary, fare, maintenance
- by implication, compensation, benefit
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.
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 שָׂכָר 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 22 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- reward2 · 7%
- rewarded2 · 7%
- me my hire1 · 4%
- me thy wages1 · 4%
- and of such shall be my hire1 · 4%
- for my hire1 · 4%
- shall be thy wages1 · 4%
- shall be thy hire1 · 4%
- thee thy wages1 · 4%
- for his hire1 · 4%
- for it is your reward1 · 4%
- from thee; for he hath been worth1 · 4%
- him his hire1 · 4%
- hire1 · 4%
- is his reward1 · 4%
- neither have they any more a reward1 · 4%
- for him: behold, his reward1 · 4%
- behold, his reward1 · 4%
- yet had he no wages1 · 4%
- and it shall be the wages1 · 4%
- the fare1 · 4%
- no hire1 · 4%
- nor any hire1 · 4%
- me my price1 · 4%
- for my price1 · 4%
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.