To hire
תָּנָהStrong’s H8566tanah (ta-nah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tanah is the Hebrew word usually translated “have hired” and “hire”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.”
Meaning
- To hire(Qal) to hire · (Hiphil) to hire (a prostitute), give amorous favours
How it's translated
- they have hired 1
- they will hire 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hosea 2
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
תָּנָה tanah · to hire
1) to hire 1a) (Qal) to hire 1b) (Hiphil) to hire (a prostitute), give amorous favours
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hire” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HIRE, verb transitive
- To procure from another person and for temporary use, at a certain price, or for a stipulated or reasonable equivalent; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire a horse for a day; to hire money at legal interest.
- To engage in service for a stipulated reward; to contract with for a compensation; as, to hire a servant for a year; to hire laborers by the day or month.
- To bribe; to engage in immoral or illegal service for a reward.“They have hired out themselves for bread” 1 Samuel 2:5
All definitions and other forms of “hire”
HIRE, noun
- The price, reward or compensation paid or contracted to be given for the temporary use of any thing.
- Wages; the reward or recompense paid for personal service.
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.