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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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Showing verses 31–34 of 34 · 34 word occurrences in this result

Mark 1:20
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
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1611 witness · Mark 1:20 · retained source text

And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired seruants, and went after him.

Luke 15:17
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
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And when he came to himselfe, he said, How many hired seruants of my fathers haue bread inough and to spare, and I perish with hunger?

Acts 28:30
And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
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1611 witness · Acts 28:30 · retained source text

And Paul dwelt two whole yeeres in his owne hired house, and receiued all that came in vnto him,

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