Lexical Definition

‎שָׂכָר‎ sâkâr (saw-kawr') wages ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׂכַר‎

hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.

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

1) hire, wages
1a) wages
1b) reward, pay
1c) fare, fee, passage-money

See Greek: ἐπικαλύπτω · μισθός · μισθός · μισθόω · μισθόω · συνάγω · συνάγω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎שָׂכָר‎ noun masculine^{Ezek 29:18} hire, wages, only singular, not with article; — absolute ‎׳‎‎שׂ‎ Num 18:31 +, construct ‎שְׂכַר‎ Deut 15:18 +, suffix ‎שְׂכָרִי‎ Gen 30:18 +, etc.; —

1. wages, of servant, Gen 30:28; Gen 30:32; Gen 30:83 (J), Gen 31:8 (twice in verse); Exod 2:9 (all E), Deut 15:18 (‎שָׂכִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎שְׂ‎), Deut 24:15; 1Kgs 5:20*; Zech 8:10; Mal 3:5 (‎שָׂכִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎שְׂ‎); soldiers Ezek 29:18; Ezek 29:19 shepherd (symbol) Zech 11:12 (twice in verse); beast Exod 22:14* (E), Zech 8:10.

2. = reward, for work done, faithfulness, etc., Gen 15:1 (JE), Gen 30:18 (E) in explanation of name ‎יששכר‎, Num 18:31 (P), ‎כִּי‎ ‎לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎יֵשׁ שׂ‎ Jer 31:16 (cf, 2Chr 15:7), Isa 40:10 = Isa 62:11 (figurative of reward of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s labours), Ps 127:3; Eccl 4:9; Eccl 9:5.

3. passage-money, fare, Jonah 1:3.

‎שִׁכְּ מִי‎ adjective, of a people of ‎שֶׁכֶם‎, with article as collective noun ‎׳‎‎הַשּׁ‎ Num 26:31.

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