KJV dictionary & concordance

hire

Meaning of “hire”

Sense 1: Payment, wages, reward, or return for labour, service, or use. Sense 2: To employ or obtain work for payment.

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23 occurrences21 verses12 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 30:18

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KJV PCE

And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Luke 10:7 · retained source text

And in the same house remaine, eating and drinking such things as they giue: For the labourer is worthy of his hire. Goe not from house to house.

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