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hired

Meaning of “hired”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hire, meaning to employ or obtain work for payment.

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First occurrence: Genesis 30:16

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2 Kings 7:6

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For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.

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1611 witness · 2 Kings 7:6 · retained source text

For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to heare a noise of charets, and a noise of horses, euen the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Loe, the king of Israel hath hired against vs the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come vpon vs.

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Genesis 30:16 Leviticus 25:6 Deuteronomy 15:18 1 Samuel 2:5 2 Chronicles 25:6 Isaiah 7:20 Matthew 20:7 Acts 28:30