Wages and Reward
Community Cluster · 17 senses · 13 lemmas
Lemmas in this domain
μισθός, ὁ, hire, μισθῷ ἔπι ῥητῷ for fixed wages, Refs 8th c.BC+; μισθοῖο τέλος the end of our hired service,Refs 8th c.BC+ for hire, Refs 5th c.BC+; μισθὸν δοῦναι, διδόναι, πορίζειν, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὡς ἐς ἑξήκοντα ναῦς μηνὸς μισθόν as a month's pay, Refs 6th c.BC+; μ. πράττεσθαι exact it, Refs 5th c.BC+; hire, μ. ὄνων, πλοίου, Refs __b especially at Athens, pay, allowance for public service, μ. δικαστικός Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ τῆς πρυτανείας μ. pay received during the prytany, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 physician's fee, μ. ἄρνυσθαι Refs 4th c.BC+ __II generally, recompense, reward, NT+8th c.BC+ __II.2 in bad sense, requital, Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Avest. mīˇžda-, Gothic mizdō, OSlavonic m[icaron]zda 'pay', ORefs 5th c.BC+ meord, méd 'meed'.)
† I. שָׂכָר n.m. Ez 29:18 hire, wages, only sg., not c. art.;—abs. שׂ׳ Nu 18:31 +, cstr. שְׂכַר Dt 15:18 +, sf. שְׂכָרִי Gn 30:18 +, etc.;— 1. wages, of servant, Gn 30:28, 32, 33 (J), 31:8(×2); Ex 2:9 (all E), Dt 15:18 (שְׂ׳ שָׂכִיר), 24:15; 1 K 5:20; Zc 8:10; Mal 3:5 (שְׂ׳ שָׂכִיר); soldiers Ez 29:18, 19; shepherd (symb.) Zc 11:12(×2); beast Ex 22:14 (E), Zc 8:10. 2. = reward, for work done, faithfulness, etc., Gn 15:1 (JE), 30:18 (E) in expl. of name יששכר, Nu 18:31 (P), כִּי יֵשׁ שׂ׳ לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ Je 31:16 (cf. 2 Ch 15:7), Is 40:10 = 62:11 (fig. of reward of י׳’s labours), ψ 127:3; Ec 4:9; 9:5. 3. passage-money, fare, Jon 1:3.
† שָׂכַר vb. hire (NH id.; Sab. תשכר hire oneself out(?), recompense(?) DHMHofmus. 11; Ethiopic ሥኩር: hired; Arabic شَكَرَ reward, thank, mod. Pal. شكارة hired, of land ploughed by hire, BergheimPEQ 1894, 196; Palm. שכרא perhaps rewarding Lzb375);— Qal Pf. 3 ms. שׂ׳ Dt 23:5, ס׳ Ezr 4:5 sf. שְׂכָרוֹ Ne 6:12; 1 s. sf. שְׂכַרְתִּיךָ Gn 30:16; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּשְׂכֹּר Ju 9:4 +, etc.; Inf. abs. שָׂכֹר Gn 30:16; cstr. לִשְׂכֹּר 1 Ch 19:6; Pt. act. שׂבֵר Pr 26:10(×2), pl. שׂכְרִים 2 Ch 24:12 (Ezr 4:5 v. ii. סבר); pass. שָׂכוּר Ne 6:13;—hire, retainers Ju 9:4 (ב pret.), soldiers, etc. 2 S 10:6 = 1 Ch 19:6, 7; 2 K 7:6; 2 Ch 25:6 (ב pret.), priest Ju 18:4, artificers Is 46:6; 2 Ch 24:12, husband’s favour שָׂכֹר שְׂכַרְתִּיךָ Gn 30:16 (J; ב pret.); Pr 26:10(×2) obscure, v. De Now Toy; for evil purpose Dt 23:5 = Ne 13:2 (עַל against), Ne 6:12, 13. Niph. hire oneself out, Pf. בַּלֶּחֶם נִשְׂכָּ֑רוּ 1 S 2:5. Hithp. earn wages, Pt. הַמִּשְׂתַּכֵּר Hg 1:6 (as subst.), מ׳ v 6 (as vb., + אֶל loc., constr. praegn.).
† אֶתְנַן n.m. Ez 16:34 hire of harlot ( = אֶתְנָה);—abs. א׳ Ez 16:34, 41, אֶתְנָ֑ן Ho 9:1 +; cstr. אֶתֽנַן Dt 23:19 +; sf. אֶתְנַנָּהּ Is 23:18, נָּהֿ— v 17; pl. sf. אֶתְנַנֶּיהָ Mi 1:7a (We proposes אֲשֵׁרֶיהָ, cf. Now Marti);—harlot’s hire, Dt 23:19 (א׳ זוֹנָה), elsewhere in fig.: of idolatrous Israel Ho 9:1, Jerus. Ez 16:31, 34(×2), 41, Tyre Is 23:17, 18; of costly idols of Samaria Mi 1:7b, 7c, cf. v 7a (v. supra).
ὀφειλ-έτης, ου, ὁ, debtor, τινι Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀ. εἰμί with infinitive, I am under bond to.., NT+5th c.BC+: —feminine ὀφειλ-έτις, ιδος, Refs 5th c.BC+
ὀψώνιον, τό, (ὄψον, ὠνέομαι) salary, reckoned in money, τό τε ὀ. καὶ σιτομετρίαν καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον Refs 3rd c.BC+; μετρήματα καὶ ὀ. corn- and money-payments, Refs 2nd c.BC+; φυλακιτῶν Refs 3rd c.BC+; of a bank clerk, Refs 3rd c.BC+; χωρὶς ὀψωνίων, of unsalaried services, Refs 1st c.BC+ __2 a policeman's pay, Refs 3rd c.BC+; frequently a soldier's pay, Refs 3rd c.BC+: so in plural, pay of an army, LXX+4th c.BC+ __3 allowance paid to a victorious athlete, Refs 2nd c.AD+; allowance or scholarship paid to a music-student, προδοῦναί μοι τὸ ὀ. καὶ τὸ κατὰ μῆνα ἀνάλωμα Refs 3rd c.BC+; allowance to a son or daughter, Refs 1st c.AD+; to a slave, distinguished from ἱματις μός, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __4 wages of labour, τὰ σώματα ἐνοχλεῖ ἡμᾶς τὰ ὀ. ἀπαιτοῦντα Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἀρτάβην κριθῆς εἰς λόγον ὀψωνίων Refs 3rd c.AD+ the wages of sin, NT __5 a magician's fee, Refs __6 gratuity to tax-farmers, Refs __7 ={ὄψον} Refsobsonium), τῶν ἀνηλωμάτων πάντων σίτου καὶ ὀψωνίων Refs 2nd c.BC+—The word is rejected by Refs 4th c.BC+
† [מַשְׂכֹּ֫רֶת] n.f. wages;—sf.: wages of servant, מַשְׂכֻּרְתִּי Gn 31:7, 41, -תֶּ֑ךָ 29:15; = reward of faithfulness, -תֵּךְ Ru 2:12.
† נְבִזְבָּה n.f. reward (so 𝔗 (rare); prob. Pers. loan-word, HaugEw Jahrb. 1853, 160 proposes OP *nibaǧrâ, presentation; but perhaps crpt., v. M71*);—abs. נ׳ Dn 2:6; pl. sf. נְבָֽזְבְּיָתָךְ (al. נְבַז׳, נְבִז׳) 5:17.
† שֶׂ֫כֶר n.[m.] hire, wages;—abs. עֹשֵׂי שׂ׳ Is 19:10 (= שָׂכִיר; cstr. Pr 11:18.
† II. שָׂכָר n.pr.m. 1. father of hero of Dvd. 1 Ch 11:35, Αχαρ, A Σαχαρ, (‖ שָׁרָר 2 S 23:33). 2. doorkeeper 26:4, Σαχαρ.
μισθαπο-δότης, ου, ὁ, one who pays wages, rewarder, [prev. work]11.6.
μίσθ-ωμα, ατος, τό, price agreed on in hiring, contract-price, Refs 5th c.BC+; a courtesan's price, Machoap.Refs 3rd c.BC+ __2 contract, μισθοῦσι μισθώματα farm out contracts, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἀπὸ μισθωμάτων θύειν by contract, Refs 5th c.BC+ (but explained as from the proceeds of rents by Refs 1st c.BC+ __3 rent, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II that which is let for hire, hired house, NT
† אֶתְנָה n.f. hire of a harlot;—א׳ abs., Ho 2:14 (in fig. of Israel as adulteress);—on אֶתְנַן (which We Now Marti read here also) v. II. תנן.