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wages

Meaning of “wages”

Payment, hire, recompense, or return due or received for labour, service, conduct, or a chosen course.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
18 occurrences17 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 29:15

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Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Haggai 1:6 · retained source text

Yee haue sowen much and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not inough: yee drinke, but yee are not filled with drinke: yee cloth you, but there is none warme: and hee that earneth wages, earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. pierced through.

1611 marginal noteDeut.28.38. mic.6.14, 15.

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Hire or reward paid or stipulated for service or labor; also recompense received in return.

volume 2, leaf 899, column 3 (main_dictionary)