Sâkîyr — H7916

H7916 · Hebrew — שכיר

Pronunciation: saw-keer'

Definition

adjective

a man at wages by the day or year

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

Usually translated as

hireling, hired

Origin

from H7936

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Sâkîyr occurs 15 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Leviticus (6), Deuteronomy (1), Job (3), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S