Definition

to hire

Etymology

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));

Word family

• כָּרָה kârâh
• שָׁכַר shâkar

How the KJV renders it

• earn wages
• hire (out self)
• reward
• surely

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.