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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 10 times in 9 verses in 'Mat' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:12 - “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward G3408 in heaven is great; for in this same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:46 - “For if you love those who love you, what reward G3408 do you have? Even the tax collectors, do they not do the same?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:1 -

“Take care not to practice your righteousness in the sight of people, to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward G3408 with your Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2 -

“So when you [fn]give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they will be praised by people. Truly I say to you, they have their reward G3408 in full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5 -

“And when you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they [fn]will be seen by people. Truly I say to you, they have their reward G3408 in full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 -

“Now whenever you fast, do not make a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they [fn]distort their faces so that they will be noticed by people when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward G3408 in full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:41 - “The one who [fn]receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward G3408; and the one who [fn]receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person shall receive a righteous person’s reward G3408.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:42 - “And whoever gives one of these [fn]little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward G3408.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 -

“Now when evening came, the [fn]owner of the vineyard *said to his foreman, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages G3408, starting with the last group to the first.’

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