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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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34 occurrences34 verses19 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 30:16

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Judges 9:4
And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
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1611 witness · Judges 9:4 · retained source text

And they gaue him threescore and ten pieces of siluer, out of the house of Baal-Berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vaine & light persons, which followed him.

Judges 18:4
And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
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And hee said vnto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his Priest.

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