12 occurrences in 12 translations

'Hired' in the Bible

They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsWhy It Happened

When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.'

Verse ConceptsBeginningMastersOverseersMetaphorical VineyardsBeginning And EndIn TurnLast OnesOthers Summoning

And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

Verse ConceptsFarming

When those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius.

Verse ConceptsGrowth In WealthThinking ArightFirst Ones

Take what belongs to you and go, but I choose to give to this last man [hired] the same as I give to you.

Verse ConceptsEquality In Payment

And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus Christdiscipleship, nature ofdelay, humanHiringBoatsServants Of PeopleChrist Summoning

And he went [and] hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to tend pigs.

Verse ConceptsSwineFeeding AnimalsPigs

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

Verse ConceptsSelf KnowledgeRegaining SanitySoliloquyNo FoodDeath Of A Fatherhomecoming

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.

Verse ConceptsServants Of The Lord

The hired man, since he is not the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, leaves them and runs away when he sees a wolf coming. The wolf then snatches and scatters them.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Compared With AnimalsUnfaithful MinistersScattered Like SheepMen Similar To AnimalsWolvesPeople Abandoning People

This happens because he is a hired man and doesn’t care about the sheep.

Verse ConceptsServants, Bad

And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,

Verse ConceptsTwo YearsWelcoming Other PeoplePaying For Goods

Bible Theasaurus

Charter (1 instance)
Employ (8 instances)
Engage (51 instances)
Hired (54 instances)
Lease (2 instances)
Leased (5 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂכיר 
Sakiyr 
Usage: 17

סכר שׂכר 
Sakar 
Usage: 21

אתנן 
'ethnan 
Usage: 11

חירה 
Chiyrah 
Usage: 2

חירם חירם 
Chiyram 
Usage: 26

מחיר 
M@chiyr 
Usage: 15

שׁחד 
Shachad 
Usage: 2

שׂכירה 
S@kiyrah 
Usage: 1

שׂכר 
Sakar 
Usage: 28

תּנה 
Tanah 
Usage: 2

μίσθιος 
Misthios 
Usage: 0

μισθός 
Misthos 
Usage: 13

μισθόω 
Misthoo 
Usage: 0

μίσθωμα 
Misthoma 
Usage: 1

μισθωτός 
Misthotos 
Usage: 1

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