Strong's H7936

שָׂכַר

Transliteration

sâkar

Pronunciation

saw-kar'

Definition

to hire

KJV usage

earn wages, hire (out self), reward, [idiom] surely.

Derivation

or (by permutation) סָכַר; (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 (כָּרָה) through the idea of temporary purchase; compare H7937 (שָׁכַר));

From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Hebrew dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.