Strong G3411μισθωτός
hired worker
- Transliteration
- misthōtos
- Pronunciation
- mis-tho-tos'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G3409; a wage worker (good or bad): - hired servant hireling.
Detailed definition
μισθωτός, -ή, όν
(μισθόω), [in LXX for שָׂכִיר, Exo.12:45, al.;]
hired; as subst., ὁ μ., a hired servant, hireling: Mrk.1:20, Jhn.10:12-13.†
(AS)
(μισθόω), [in LXX for שָׂכִיר, Exo.12:45, al.;]
hired; as subst., ὁ μ., a hired servant, hireling: Mrk.1:20, Jhn.10:12-13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3411 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hireling2
- servant1
First verses
- Mark 1:20And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
- John 10:12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
- John 10:13The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μισθ-ωτός, ή, όν,
hired, ἐπίκουροι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 419; ἄνθρωποι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.67 K.)]
II substantive, hireling, hired servant, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1152, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 918b, “IG” 22.1672.28, NT.Mark.1.20, etc.)]: frequently of soldiers, mercenaries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.6)]; of a spy or agent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.38; μ. Φιλίππου [prev. work]52; καλὸς κἀγαθὸς καὶ δίκαιος μ. ἐκείνῳ [prev. author] 19.110.)]
hired, ἐπίκουροι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.45, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 419; ἄνθρωποι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.67 K.)]
II substantive, hireling, hired servant, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1152, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 918b, “IG” 22.1672.28, NT.Mark.1.20, etc.)]: frequently of soldiers, mercenaries, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.6)]; of a spy or agent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.38; μ. Φιλίππου [prev. work]52; καλὸς κἀγαθὸς καὶ δίκαιος μ. ἐκείνῳ [prev. author] 19.110.)]