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Hebrew Word Study

Strong's H7916 שָׂכִיר (sakir)

Sakir means “hireling” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7916
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 17
Books 7

Strong's H7916 Quick Answer

Strong's H7916 שָׂכִיר (sakiyr) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. sakiyr (saw-keer') adj. 1. a man at wages by the day or year [from H7936] It has 17 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include hired, year, wages, years, and day. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
sakiyr (saw-keer') adj. 1. a man at wages by the day or year [from H7936]
Usage
17 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
hired, year, wages, years, and day

Meaning and Definition

sakiyr (saw-keer') adj. 1. a man at wages by the day or year [from H7936] KJV: hired (man, servant), hireling. Root(s): H7936

Original Word
שָׂכִיר
Transliteration
sakiyr
Derivation
Root: שׂכר סכר First root strongs: 7936
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7916. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H7916 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render sakiyr, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

hired Exodus 12:45 year Leviticus 25:40 day Job 14:6 wages Leviticus 19:13 years Deuteronomy 15:18 man Job 7:1 servant Job 7:2

How Strong's H7916 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 17 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7916 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7916 in the Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 12:45 KJV

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

Exodus 22:15 KJV

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.

Leviticus 19:13 KJV

Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

Usage Excerpts

First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7916.

Exodus 12:45 Old Testament, KJV
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
Exodus 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Leviticus 19:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
Leviticus 22:10 Old Testament, KJV
There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
Leviticus 25:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee.
Leviticus 25:40 Old Testament, KJV
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile.
Leviticus 25:50 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
Leviticus 25:53 Old Testament, KJV
And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
Deuteronomy 15:18 Old Testament, KJV
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 serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
Deuteronomy 24:14 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Job 7:1 Old Testament, KJV
Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
Job 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
Job 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
Isaiah 16:14 Old Testament, KJV
But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.
Isaiah 21:16 Old Testament, KJV
For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:
Jeremiah 46:21 Old Testament, KJV
Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation.
Malachi 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
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 swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7916, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 6 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H7916 FAQ

What does sakir (שָׂכִיר) mean?

Sakir (Strong's H7916) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "hireling". sakiyr (saw-keer') adj. 1. a man at wages by the day or year [from H7936]

How many times is sakir (שָׂכִיר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's H7916 across 7 books.

Where can I study sakir (שָׂכִיר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7916 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate sakir (שָׂכִיר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as hired, year, wages, years, day, and man. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.