# שָׂכָר (sakhar)

Israeli respelling: sa-khar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7939. 25 Old Testament occurrences.

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

King James renderings: hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/sakhar-h7939

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 15:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/15/1) — After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great rewa…
- [Genesis 30:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/18) — And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
- [Genesis 30:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/28) — And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
- [Genesis 30:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/32) — I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the shee…
- [Genesis 30:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/30/33) — So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and…
- [Genesis 31:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/31/8) — If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire…
- [Exodus 2:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/2/9) — And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the chi…
- [Exodus 22:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/22/15) — But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
- [Numbers 18:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/18/31) — And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation.
- [Deuteronomy 15:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/15/18) — It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serv…
- [Deuteronomy 24:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/24/15) — At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry…
- [1 Kings 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/5/6) — Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I gi…
- [2 Chronicles 15:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/15/7) — Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
- [Psalms 127:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/127/3) — Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
- [Ecclesiastes 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/4/9) — Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
- [Ecclesiastes 9:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/9/5) — For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is fo…
- [Isaiah 40:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/40/10) — Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
- [Isaiah 62:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/62/11) — Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his rewar…
- [Jeremiah 31:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/31/16) — Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they sh…
- [Ezekiel 29:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/29/18) — Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shou…
- [Ezekiel 29:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/29/19) — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitu…
- [Jonah 1:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/1/3) — But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he…
- [Zechariah 8:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/8/10) — For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in becaus…
- [Zechariah 11:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/11/12) — And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
- [Malachi 3:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/3/5) — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false…