H7916 — שָׂכִיר (sâkîyr)

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Strong's H7916 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שָׂכִיר (sâkîyr)

Pronunciation: saw-keer'

Morphology: a

Derivation: from שָׂכַר (sâkar) [H7936];

Definition: a man at wages by the day or year

KJV Renderings: hired (man, servant), hireling.

Senses

  1. hired
    1. hired (of animal)
    2. hireling, hired labourer (subst)
    3. mercenary

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G3407 μίσθιος místhios from G3408 a wage-earner hired servant
G3411 μισθωτός misthōtós from G3409 a wage-worker (good or bad) hired servant, hireling
H7936 שָׂכַר sâkar or (by permutation) סָכַר (çâkar); (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to כָּרָה (kârâh) H3739 through the idea of temporary purchase; compare שָׁכַר (shâkar) H7937) to hire earn wages, hire (out self), reward, [idiom] surely

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.