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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 45 times in 41 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - And Laban said to Jacob, Surely thou shalt not serve me for nothing, because thou art my brother; tell me what thy reward is to be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - And Lea said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar, which is, Reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - Appoint [fn]me thy wages, and I will give them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - Let all thy sheep pass by to-day, and separate thence every grey sheep among the rams, and every one that is speckled and spotted among the goats—this shall be my reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - And my righteousness shall [fn]answer for me on the morrow, for it is my reward before thee: whatever shall not be spotted and speckled among the goats, and grey among the rams, shall be stolen with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7 - But your father deceived me, and changed my wages for the ten lambs, yet God gave him not power to hurt me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - If he should say thus, The speckled shall be thy reward, then all the cattle would bear speckled; and if he should say, The white shall be thy reward, then would all the cattle bear white.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - These twenty years have I been in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years among thy sheep, and thou didst falsely rate my wages for ten lambs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - And the daughter of Pharao said to her, Take care of this child, and suckle it for me, and I will give thee the wages; and the woman took the child, and suckled it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - (LXX 22:14) But if the owner be with it, he shall not make compensation: but if it be a [fn]hired thing, there shall be a compensation to him instead of his hire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - Thou shalt not injure thy neighbour, neither do thou rob him, neither shall the wages of thy hireling remain with thee until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - And ye shall eat it in any place, ye and your families; for this is your reward for your services in the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - It shall not seem hard to thee when they are sent out free from thee, because thy servant has served thee six years according to the annual hire of a hireling; so the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all things whatsoever thou mayest do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - Thou shalt not unjustly withhold the wages of the poor and needy of thy brethren, or of the strangers who are in thy cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - Thou shalt pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and it shall be sin in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:12 - The Lord recompense thy work: may a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, to whom thou hast come to trust under his wings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - (LXX 5:20) And now command, and let men cut wood for me out of Libanus: and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, and I will give thee the wages of thy service, according to all that thou shalt say, because thou knowest that we have no one skilled in cutting timber like the Sidonians.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - But be ye strong, and let not your hands be weakened: for there is a reward for your work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - Or as a servant that fears his master, and one who has grasped a shadow? or as a hireling waiting for his pay?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 - (LXX 126:3) Behold, the inheritance of the Lord, children, the reward of the fruit of the womb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:18 - An ungodly man performs unrighteous works: but the seed of the righteous is a reward of truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21 - He that unjustly strikes hands shall not be unpunished: but he that sows righteousness shall receive a faithful reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 - Instruction is to them that use it a gracious reward: and whithersoever it may turn, it shall prosper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two are better than one, seeing they have a good reward for their labour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5 - For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:18 - And her trade and her gain shall be holiness to the Lord: it shall not be gathered for them, but for those that dwell before the Lord, even all her trade, to eat and drink and be filled, and for a covenant and a memorial before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:10 - Behold the Lord! The Lord is coming with strength, and his arm is with power: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11 - For behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth, [fn] say ye to the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy Saviour has come to thee, having his reward and his work before his face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - He that builds his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment, who works by means of his neighbour for nothing, and will by no means give him his reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - (LXX 38:16) Thus saith the Lord; Let thy voice cease from weeping, and thine eyes from thy tears: for there is a reward for thy works; and they shall return from the land of thine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - The sons of the Rhodians were thy merchants; from the islands they multiplied thy merchandise, even elephants' teeth: and to them that came in thou didst return thy prices,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 - Thy forces, and thy gain, and that of thy traders, and thy rowers, and thy pilots, and thy counsellors, and they that traffic with thee, and all thy warriors that are in thee: and all thy company in the midst of thee shall perish in the heart of the sea, in the day of thy fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:33 - How large a reward hast thou gained from the sea? thou hast filled nations out of thine abundance; and out of thy mixed merchandise thou hast enriched all the kings of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - Son of man, Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre; every head was bald, and every shoulder peeled; yet there was no reward to him or to his army serving against Tyre, nor for the service wherewith they served against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will give to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon the land of Egypt, and he shall take the plunder thereof, and seize the spoils thereof; and it shall be a reward for his army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11 - The heads thereof have judged for gifts, and the priests thereof have answered for hire, and her prophets have divined for silver: and yet they have rested on the Lord, saying, Is not the Lord among us? no evil shall come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - Ye have sown much, but brought in little; ye have eaten, and are not satisfied; ye have drunk, and are not satisfied with drink, ye have clothed yourselves, and have not become warm [fn]thereby: and he that earns wages has gathered them into a bag full of holes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10 - For before those days the wages of men could not be profitable, and there could be no hire of cattle, and there could be no peace by reason of the affliction to him that went out or to him that came in: for I would have let loose all men, every one against his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12 - And I will say to them, If it be good in your eyes, give me my price, or refuse it. And they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - And I will draw near to you in judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the witches, and against the adulteresses, and against them that swear falsely by my name, and against them that keep back the hireling's wages, and them that oppress the widow, and [fn]afflict orphans, and that wrest the judgment of the stranger, and fear not me, saith the Lord Almighty.
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