HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7939
שָׂכָר
sa.khar — wages
1) hire, wages 1a) wages 1b) reward, pay 1c) fare, fee, passage-money
23 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Wages
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6468
פְּעֻלָּה
pe.ul.lah — wages
1) work, recompense, reward 1a) work 1b) wages
13 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H868
אֶתְנַן
et.nan — wages
1) hire of prostitute, price 1a) hire (of harlot) 1b) of idolatrous Israel, Jerusalem, Tyre (fig.)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H866
אֶתְנָה
et.nah — wages
1) hire, price (of a harlot) 2) (TWOT) reward
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5414
נָתַן
na.tan — to give: give
: give/deliver/send/produce 1) to give, put, set 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon
1619 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G591
ἀποδίδωμι
apodidōmi — to pay
ἀπο-δίδωμι [in LXX for מָכַר, שׁוּב hi., נָתַן, שָׁלֵם pi., etc. ;] to give up or back, restore, return: Mat.27:58, Luk.4:20 9:42 19:8; esp. of wages, debts, oaths, etc. (MM, see word), to render what is due, to pay (Deiss., LAE, 334 f.): absol., Mat.18:25, 28, Luk.7:42. with accusative, Mat.5:26 18:29-30, 34 20:8 21:41 22:21, Mrk.12:17, Luk.10:35 12:59 20:25, Rom.13:7, Heb.12:11, Rev.22:2; ὅρκους, Mat.5:33 (cf. Num.30:3, Deu.23:21 al.); of conjugal duty, τ. ὀφειλήν, 1Co.7:3; ἀμοιβάς, 1Ti.5:4; μαρτύριον, to give (as in duty bound) testimony, Act.4:33; λόγον, to render account, Mat.12:36, Luk.16:2, Act.19:40, Heb.13:17, 1Pe.4:5; hence of requital, recompense, both in good and bad sense, Mat.6:4, 6 6:18 16:27, Rom.2:6, 2Ti.4:8 4:14 Rev.18:6 22:12; κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ, Rom.12:17, 1Th.5:15, 1Pe.3:9. Mid., to give up of one's own, hence to sell (fr. Hdt. on): with accusative of thing(s), Act.5:8, Heb.12:16; with accusative of person(s), Act.7:9 (cf. ἀνταποδίδωμι) .† (AS)
46 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6467
פֹּ֫עַל
po.al — work
1) work, deed, doing 1a) deed, thing done 1b) work, thing made 1c) wages of work 1d) acquisition (of treasure)
37 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3408
μισθός
misthos — wage
μισθός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for שָׂכָר ;] 1. prop., wages, hire: Mat.20:8, Luk.10:7, Rom.4:4, 1Ti.5:18, Jas.5:4, Ju 11; μ. ἀδικίας, Act.1:18, 2Pe.2:13 (but see Mayor and ICC, in l), 2Pe.2:15. 2. Generally, reward: Jhn.4:36, 1Co.9:18; esp. of divine rewards, Mat.5:12 6:1-2, 5 6:16 10:41-42 Mrk.9:41, Luk.6:23, 35, 1Co.3:8 3:14, 2Jn.8, Rev.11:18 22:12; ἔχειν μ., Mat.5:46, 1Co.9:17.† (AS)
28 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3800
ὀψώνιον
opsōnion — compensation
ὄψώνιον, -ου, τό (ὀψον- see: ὀψάριον— and ὠνέομαι), [in LXX: I Est.4:56, 1Ma.3:28 1Mac 14:32 * ;] 1. provisions, provision-money, soldiers' pay: Luk.3:14, 1Co.9:7. 2. Generally, wages, hire: 2Co.11:8; ὄ. τῆς ἁμαρτίας, Rom.6:23 (see Deiss, BS, 148, 266).† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4909
מַשְׂכֹּ֫רֶת
mas.ko.ret — wage
wages
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3405
μισθαποδοσία
misthapodosia — recompense
μισθαποδοσία, -ας, ἡ (μισθός, ἀποδίδωμι; cl. μισθοδοσία), payment of wages, recompense; meton., (a) of reward: Heb.10:35 11:26; (b) of punishment : Heb.2:2.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7938
שֶׂ֫כֶר
se.kher — hire
hire, wages
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7940
שָׂכָר
sa.khar — Sachar
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.26.4; son of: Obed-edom (H5654); brother of: Shemaiah (H8098I), Jehozabad (H3075H), Joah (H3098I), Nethanel (H5417K), Ammiel (H5988I), Issachar (H3485H) and Peullethai (H6469) § Sacar = "wages" 1) father of Ahiam, one of David's mighty warriors 2) a Korahite Levite gatekeeper, the 4th son of Obed-edom in the time of David
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3406
μισθαποδότης
misthapodotēs — rewarder
μισθ-απο-δότης, -ου, ὁ (see supr.), one who pays wages; meton., a rewarder: Heb.11:6.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7475
ἐπίχειρον
epicheiron — forearm
wages of manual labour : generally wages, pay, guerdon, reward , (Aristophanes Comicus):—;also in bad sense, τῆς ὑψηγόρου γλώσσης ἐπ. rewards for proud speech, (Aeschulus Tragicus); ξιφέων ἐπ. the wages of the sword, i. e. slaughter by it, (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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Rate of (mention only in Matt. 20:2); to be punctually paid (Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:14, 15); judgements threatened against the withholding of (Jer. 22:13; Mal. 3:5; comp. James 5:4); paid in money (Matt. 20:1-14); to Jacob in kind (Gen. 29:15, 20; 30:28; 31:7, 8, 41).
Scripture references
Matthew 20:2Leviticus 19:13Deuteronomy 24:14Deuteronomy 24:15Jeremiah 22:13Malachi 3:5James 5:4Matthew 20:1-14Genesis 29:15Genesis 29:20Genesis 30:28Genesis 31:7Genesis 31:8Genesis 31:41Exodus 2:9Leviticus 24:14Leviticus 24:15Job 22:11James 6:4
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.