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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Zechariah 8:10

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For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.

2 word occurrences in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Zechariah 8:10 · retained source text

For before these daies there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast, neither was there any peace to him that went out, or came in, because of the affliction: for I set all men, euery one against his neighbour.

1611 marginal noteOr, the hire of men became nothing. &c.

1611 marginal noteHaggai.1.6.

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Where “hire” appears

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Genesis4 occurrences
4 verses Exodus1 occurrence
1 verse Deuteronomy2 occurrences
2 verses 1 Kings1 occurrence
1 verse 1 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verse Isaiah3 occurrences
3 verses Ezekiel2 occurrences
2 verses Micah3 occurrences
2 verses Zechariah2 occurrences
1 verse Matthew2 occurrences
2 verses Luke1 occurrence
1 verse James1 occurrence
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1 · KJV context and cross-references

Genesis 30:18,33 Exodus 22:15 1 Kings 5:6 Isaiah 23:17 Isaiah 46:6 Micah 3:11 Matthew 20:8 James 5:4 Genesis 30:18 Genesis 31:8 Deuteronomy 24:15 Micah 1:7 Matthew 20:1