Quick Definition
hire
Strong's Definition
wages
Derivation: from H7936 (שָׂכַר);
KJV Usage: reward, sluices.
TWOT Reference: 2264.1a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) hire, wages
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׂ֫כֶר (se.kher) — hire. hire, wages
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · שׂכר
Possess
wages = a fixed regular payment for work, either with money or in kind; ≈ by extension: all that happens in return for one's actions
Hire | verb qal
Collocation: עשׂה שֶׂכֶר
to hire oneself out literally: to do wages; hence: = action by which humans make their services available to other humans for a limited amount of time and in return for payment
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֶׂ֫כֶר n.[m.] hire, wages base