Sâkâr — H7939

H7939 · Hebrew — שכר

Pronunciation: saw-kawr'

Definition

masculine noun

payment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation, benefit

  1. hire, wages
    1. wages
    2. reward, pay
    3. fare, fee, passage-money

Usually translated as

hire, reward, wages, price, rewarded, worth

Origin

from H7936

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Sâkâr occurs 28 times in 25 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Exodus (2), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (2), 1 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Psalms (1), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2), Jonah (1), Zechariah (2), Malachi (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S