שָׂכָר

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

from H7936 (שָׂכַר);

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: sâkâr; Pronunciation: saw-kawr'