- Original: שׂכר - Transliteration: Sakar - Phonetic: saw-kawr' - Definition: 1. hire, wages a. wages b. reward, pay c. fare, fee, passage-money - Origin: from H7936 - TWOT entry: 2264.1b - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H7986 ; payment of contract; concretely salary fare maintenance; by implication compensation benefit: - hire price reward [-ed] wages worth. Total KJV Occurrences: 28 • fare, 1 Jonah 1:3 • hire, 9 Genesis 30:18; Genesis 30:32; Genesis 30:33; Genesis 31:8; Exodus 22:15; Deuteronomy 24:15; 1 Kings 5:6; Zechariah 8:10(2) • price, 2 Zechariah 11:12(2) • reward, 7 Genesis 15:1; Numbers 18:31; Psalm 127:3; Ecclesiastes 4:9; Ecclesiastes 9:5; Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 62:11 • rewarded, 2 2 Chronicles 15:7; Jeremiah 31:16 • wages, 6 Genesis 30:28; Genesis 31:8; Exodus 2:9; Ezekiel 29:18; Ezekiel 29:19; Malachi 3:5 • worth, 1 Deuteronomy 15:18