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2 Chronicles 25:6

“He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

שָׂכַרsâkar · saw-kar'
H7936 · Hebrew

Definition: to hire
Derivation: or (by permutation) סָכַר; (Ezra 4:5), a primitive root (apparently akin (by prosthesis) to H3739 (כָּרָה) through the idea of temporary purchase; compare H7937 (שָׁכַר));
KJV renderings: earn wages, hire (out self), reward, [idiom] surely.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יִּשְׂכֹּ֣ר — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vqw3ms
Usage: Occurs 21 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 30:16 Genesis 30:16 Deuteronomy 23:5 Judges 9:4 Judges 18:4

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׂכַר here.

Verse 5 Verse 7

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.