מַשְׂכֹּרֶת

maskoret · wages

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4909 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

maskoret (מַשְׂכֹּרֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “wages”.

Pay.

How to say it

mas·ko·ret

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

  1. What is paid to someone for work done.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 29:15

    Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my brother, should you serve me for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”

  • Genesis 31:7

    Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, but Elohim did not allow him to do harm to me.

  • Genesis 31:41

    These twenty years I have had in your house: I served you fourteen years for the two of your daughters and six years for your flock, and you changed my wages ten times.

  • Ruth 2:12

    May YHWH repay your work, and may your wages be full from YHWH, Elohim of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”