Hired
שְׂכִירָהStrong’s H7917sekhirah (se-khi-rah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Sekhirah is the Hebrew word usually translated “hired”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.”
Meaning
- (fem) 1) hired
How it's translated
- hired 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שְׂכִירָה sekhirah · hired
(fem) 1) hired 1a) hired (of animal) 1b) hireling, hired labourer (subst) 1b1) mercenary
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hired” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HI'RED, participle passive
Procured or taken for use, at a stipulated or reasonable price; as a hired farm.
- Employed in service for a compensation; as a hired man; a hired servant.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.