KJV dictionary & concordance
Payment, hire, recompense, or return due or received for labour, service, conduct, or a chosen course.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 29:15
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
¶ And Laban said vnto Iacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serue me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.
And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will giue it.
And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.
And your father hath deceiued mee, and changed my wages ten times: but God suffered him not to hurt me.
If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked.
If hee said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages, then all the cattell bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-straked shalbe thy hire, then bare all the cattell ring-straked.
Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
Thus have I bene twentie yeres in thy house: I serued thee fourteene yeeres for thy two daughters, and sixe yeres for thy cattel; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Hire or reward paid or stipulated for service or labor; also recompense received in return.
