- Original: סכר שׂכר - Transliteration: Sakar - Phonetic: saw-kar' - Definition: 1. to hire a. (Qal) to hire b. (Niphal) to hire oneself out c. (Hithpael) to earn wages - Origin: a primitive root [apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 through the idea of temporary purchase] - TWOT entry: 2264.1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: the second form by permutation and used in Ezra 4:5; a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 through the idea of temporary purchase; compare H7937 ); to hire: - earn wages hire (out self) reward X surely. Total KJV Occurrences: 21 • hire, 2 1 Chronicles 19:6; Isaiah 46:6 • hired, 14 Genesis 30:16(2); Deuteronomy 23:4; Judges 9:4; Judges 18:4; 2 Samuel 10:6; 2 Kings 7:6; 1 Chronicles 19:7; 2 Chronicles 24:12; 2 Chronicles 25:6; Ezra 4:5; Nehemiah 6:12; Nehemiah 6:13; Nehemiah 13:2 • rewardeth, 2 Proverbs 26:10(2) • themselves, 1 1 Samuel 2:5 • wages, 2 Haggai 1:6(2)