Strong G3408μισθός

wage

Transliteration
misthos
Pronunciation
mis-thos'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

Apparently a primary word;
pay for service (literally or figuratively) good or bad: - hire reward wages.

Detailed definition

μισθός, -οῦ, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for שָׂכָר;]
1. prop., wages, hire: Mat.20:8, Luk.10:7, Rom.4:4, 1Ti.5:18, Jas.5:4, Ju 11; μ. ἀδικίας, Act.1:18, 2Pe.2:13 (but see Mayor and ICC, in l), 2Pe.2:15.

2. Generally, reward: Jhn.4:36, 1Co.9:18; esp. of divine rewards, Mat.5:12 6:1-2, 5 6:16 10:41-42 Mrk.9:41, Luk.6:23, 35, 1Co.3:8 3:14, 2Jn.8, Rev.11:18 22:12; ἔχειν μ., Mat.5:46, 1Co.9:17.†
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In the Bible

Strong G3408 appears in 28 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • reward23
  • hire3
  • wage2
  • a1
  • of1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:12
    Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
  2. Matthew 5:46
    For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
  3. Matthew 6:1
    Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
  4. Matthew 6:2
    Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
  5. Matthew 6:5
    And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
  6. Matthew 6:16
    Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
  7. Matthew 10:41
    He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.
  8. Matthew 10:42
    And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.
  9. Matthew 20:8
    So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
  10. Mark 9:41
    For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
  11. Luke 6:23
    Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
  12. Luke 6:35
    But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
  13. Luke 10:7
    And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
  14. John 4:36
    And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
  15. Acts 1:18
    Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
  16. Romans 4:4
    Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
  17. 1 Corinthians 3:8
    Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
  18. 1 Corinthians 3:14
    If any man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
  19. 1 Corinthians 9:17
    For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
  20. 1 Corinthians 9:18
    What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μισθός, ὁ,
hire, μισθῷ ἔπι ῥητῷ for fixed wages, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.445)]; μισθοῖο τέλος the end of our hired service,[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 450; μισθὸς.. εἰρημένος ἄρκιος ἔστω 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 370; θητεύειν ἐπὶ μισθῷ παρά τινι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.137, compare 5.65; πείθειν ἐπὶ μ. [prev. author] 8.4; μισθοῦ ἕνεκα ὑπηρετεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.5.14: _genitive_ μισθοῦ)] for hire, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 560, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.124, 7.25, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.94; μ. στρατεύεσθαι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.109.6)]; μισθὸν δοῦναι, διδόναι, πορίζειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 609, “HF” 19, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1019)]; ὡς ἐς ἑξήκοντα ναῦς μηνὸς μισθόν as a month's pay, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.8; μισθοὺς μεγάλους ἔφερον 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 434, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 66; μ. λαβεῖν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.117, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 593, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.83; δέχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Apologia Socratis” 16; φέρεσθαι [prev. author] “Oec.” 1.4)]; μ. πράττεσθαι exact it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).29, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 325b; μ. αἰτεῖν [prev. author] “R.” 345e)]; hire, μ. ὄνων, πλοίου, [Refs (“PAmh.” 2.126.11, 37.)]
b especially at Athens, pay, allowance for public service, μ. δικαστικός [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 299; μ. ἐκκλησιαστικός 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 25)]; ὁ τῆς πρυτανείας μ. pay received during the prytany, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.123.)]
2 physician's fee, μ. ἄρνυσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1287a36.)]
II generally, recompense, reward, [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.304, etc.; ἀρετῆς μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 363d, cf. NT.Matt.5.12, etc.)]
II.2 in bad sense, requital, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1261, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 221; μ. ἀνδρὶ δυσσεβεῖ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1050)]. (Cf. Avest. mīˇžda-, Gothic mizdō, OSlavonic m[icaron]zda 'pay', O[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] meord, méd 'meed'.)