Bible Dictionary · H
Hireling
A labourer employed on hire for a limited time (Job 7:1; Job 14:6; Mark 1:20). His wages were paid as soon as his work was over (Lev 19:13). In the time of our Lord a day’s wage was a “penny” (q.v.) i.e., a Roman denarius (Matt 20:1–14).
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
