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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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Isaiah 7:20

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In the same day shall the Lord shave with a rasor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 7:20 · retained source text

In the same day shall the LORD shaue with a rasor that is hired, namely by them beyond the riuer, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the haire of the feet: and it shal also consume the beard.

1611 marginal note2.King. 19.35.

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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