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Lexicon :: Strong's G3408 - misthos

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μισθός
Transliteration
misthos (Key)
Pronunciation
mis-thos'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:695,599

Strong’s Definitions

μισθός misthós, mis-thos'; apparently a primary word; pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad:—hire, reward, wages.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's G3408 in the following manner: reward (24x), hire (3x), wages (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's G3408 in the following manner: reward (24x), hire (3x), wages (2x).

  1. dues paid for work

    1. wages, hire

  2. reward: used of the fruit naturally resulting from toils and endeavours

    1. in both senses, rewards and punishments

    2. of the rewards which God bestows, or will bestow, upon good deeds and endeavours

    3. of punishments

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μισθός misthós, mis-thos'; apparently a primary word; pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad:—hire, reward, wages.
STRONGS G3408:
μισθός, μισθοῦ, ὁ (from Homer down), the Sept. for שָׂכָר, also for מַשְׂכֹּרֶת, etc.;
1. dues paid for work; wages, hire: Romans 4:4 (κατά ὀφείλημα); in a prov., Luke 10:7 and 1 Timothy 5:18; Matthew 20:8; James 5:4; Jude 1:11 (on which see ἐκχέω, at the end); μισθός ἀδικίας, wages obtained by iniquity, Acts 1:18; 2 Peter 2:15 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 a.).
2. reward: used — of the fruit naturally resulting from toils and endeavors, John 4:36; 1 Corinthians 9:18; — of divine recompense:
a. in both senses, rewards and punishments: Revelation 22:12.
b. of the rewards which God bestows, or will bestow, upon good deeds and endeavors (on the correct theory about which cf. Weiss, Die Lehre Christi vom Lohn, in the Deutsche Zeitschr. für christl. Wissenschaft, 1853, p. 319ff; Mehlhorn, d. Lohnbegr. Jesu, in the Jahrbb. f. protest. Theol., 1876, p. 721ff; (cf. Beyer in Herzog xx, pp. 4-14)): Matthew 5:12; Matthew 6:2, 5, 16; Matthew 10:41; Mark 9:41; Luke 6:23, 35; 1 Corinthians 3:8, 14; 2 John 1:8; Revelation 11:18; ἔχειν μισθόν, to have a reward, is used of those for whom a reward is reserved by God, whom a divine reward awaits, Matthew 5:46; 1 Corinthians 9:17; with παρά τῷ πατρί ὑμῶν τῷ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς added, Matthew 6:1.
c. of punishments: μισθός ἀδικίας, 2 Peter 2:13; τῆς δυσσεβείας, 2 Macc. 8:33.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:12; 5:46; 6:1; 6:2; 6:5; 6:16; 10:41; 20:8
Mark
9:41
Luke
6:23; 6:35; 10:7
John
4:36
Acts
1:18
Romans
4:4
1 Corinthians
3:8; 3:14; 9:17; 9:18
1 Timothy
5:18
James
5:4
2 Peter
2:13; 2:15
2 John
1:8
Jude
1:11
Revelation
11:18; 22:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3408 matches the Greek μισθός (misthos),
which occurs 29 times in 28 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:12 - “Be glad and exceedingly joyful, for your reward in heaven is great [absolutely inexhaustible]; for in this same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:46 - “For if you love [only] those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do that?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:1 -

“Be [very] careful not to do your [fn]good deeds publicly, to be seen by men; otherwise you will have no reward [prepared and awaiting you] with your Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2 -

“So whenever you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not blow a trumpet before you [to advertise it], as the hypocrites do [like actors acting out a role] in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored and recognized and praised by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5 -

“Also, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray [publicly] standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets so that they may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 -

“And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on a sad and dismal face [like actors, discoloring their faces with ashes or dirt] so that their fasting may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:41 - “He who receives and welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward; and he who receives a righteous (honorable) man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:42 - “And whoever gives to one of these little ones [these who are humble in rank or influence] even a cup of cold water to drink because he is my disciple, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 -

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last [to be hired] and ending with the first [to be hired].’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:41 - “For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, I assure you and most solemnly say to you, he will not lose his reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:23 - “Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for your reward in heaven is great [absolutely inexhaustible]; for their fathers used to treat the prophets in the same way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:35 - “But love [that is, unselfishly seek the best or higher good for] your enemies, and do good, and lend, [fn]expecting nothing in return; for your reward will be great (rich, abundant), and you will be sons of the Most High; because He Himself is kind and gracious and good to the ungrateful and the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7 - “Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not move from house to house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:36 - “Already the reaper is receiving his wages and he is gathering fruit for eternal life; so that he who plants and he who reaps may rejoice together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:18 - (Now Judas Iscariot [fn]acquired a piece of land [indirectly] with the [money paid him as a] reward for his treachery, and falling headlong, his body burst open in the middle and all his intestines poured out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:4 - Now to a laborer, his wages are not credited as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation [something owed to him].

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:8 - He who plants and he who waters are one [in importance and esteem, working toward the same purpose]; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:14 - If any person’s work which he has built [on this foundation, that is, any outcome of his effort] remains [and survives this test], he will receive a reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:17 - For if I do this work [fn]of my own free will, then I have a reward; but if it is not of my will [but by God’s choosing], I have been entrusted with a [sacred] stewardship.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:18 - What then is my reward? [Just this:] that, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge [to everyone], so as not to take advantage of my rights [as a preacher and apostle] in [preaching] the gospel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:18 - For the Scripture says, “YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE IT IS TREADING OUT THE GRAIN [to keep it from eating],” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages [he deserves fair compensation].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of [fn]the Lord of Sabaoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:13 - suffering wrong [destined for punishment] as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a delight to revel in the daytime [living luxuriously]. They are stains and blemishes [on mankind], reveling in their [fn]deceptions even as they feast with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:15 - Abandoning the straight road [that is, the right way to live], they have gone astray; they have followed the way of [the false teacher] Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the reward of wickedness;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:8 - Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have accomplished together, but that you may receive a full and perfect reward [when He grants rewards to faithful believers].

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:11 - Woe to them! For they have gone the [defiant] way of Cain, and for profit they have run headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of [mutinous] Korah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:18 - “And the nations (Gentiles) became enraged, and Your wrath and indignation came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and [the time came] to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints (God’s people) and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and [the time came] to destroy the destroyers of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:12

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“Behold, I (Jesus) am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, [fn]to give to each one [fn]according to the merit of his deeds (earthly works, faithfulness).

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