שֶׂכֶר
secher · wages
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7938 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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secher (שֶׂכֶר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “wages”.
The pay for work.
How to say it
se·cher
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Pay received for one's labor.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- reward ×1
- who work for wages ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Proverbs 11:18
The wicked earns wages of falsehood, but whoever sows righteousness has a true reward.
- Isaiah 19:10
And its pillars will be crushed; all who work for wages will be grieved in soul.