1) to hire 1a) (Qal) to hire
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H7936 — סָכַר
sa.khar · to hire · Hebrew/Aramaic
18 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 30:16 · שָׂכֹ֣ר · שְׂכַרְתִּ֔יךָJacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, “You must come in to me; for I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” He lay with her that night.Deuteronomy 23:4 · שָׂכַ֨רbecause they didn’t meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.Judges 9:4 · וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨רThey gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.Judges 18:4 · וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִיHe said to them, “Thus and thus has Micah dealt with me, and he has hired me, and I am become his priest.”1 Samuel 2:5 · נִשְׂכָּ֔רוּThose who were full have hired themselves out for bread. Those who were hungry are satisfied. Yes, the barren has borne seven. She who has many children languishes.2 Samuel 10:6 · וַיִּשְׂכְּרוּ֩When the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.2 Kings 7:6 · שָֽׂכַר־For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.1 Chronicles 19:6 · לִשְׂכֹּ֣רWhen the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent one thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Arammaacah, and out of Zobah.1 Chronicles 19:7 · וַיִּשְׂכְּר֣וּSo they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. The children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.2 Chronicles 24:12 · שֹׂכְרִים֙The king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Yahweh; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Yahweh, and also such as worked iron and brass to repair the house of Yahweh.2 Chronicles 25:6 · וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֣רHe hired also one hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver.Ezra 4:5 · וְסֹכְרִ֧יםand hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.Nehemiah 6:12 · שְׂכָרֽוֹ׃I discerned, and behold, God had not sent him; but he pronounced this prophecy against me. Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.Nehemiah 6:13 · שָׂכוּר֙He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.Nehemiah 13:2 · וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨רbecause they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.Proverbs 26:10 · וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר · וְשֹׂכֵ֥רAs an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.Isaiah 46:6 · יִשְׂכְּר֤וּSome pour out gold from the bag, and weigh silver in the balance. They hire a goldsmith, and he makes it a god. They fall down—yes, they worship.Haggai 1:6 · וְהַ֨מִּשְׂתַּכֵּ֔ר · מִשְׂתַּכֵּ֖רYou have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.”