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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 45 times in 41 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying,
“Do not fear, Abram,
I am a shield to you;
[fn]Your reward shall be very great.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - Then Laban said to Jacob, “Because you are my [fn]relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - Then Leah said, “God has given me my [fn]wages because I gave my maid to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - He [fn]continued, “Name me your wages, and I will give it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - let me pass through your entire flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted sheep and every black [fn]one among the lambs and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be my wages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - “So my [fn]honesty will answer for me later, when you come concerning my [fn]wages. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, will be considered stolen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7 - “Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; however, God did not allow him to hurt me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - “If he spoke thus, ‘The speckled shall be your wages,’ then all the flock brought forth speckled; and if he spoke thus, ‘The striped shall be your wages,’ then all the flock brought forth striped.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - “These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock, and you changed my wages ten times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - “If its owner is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it is hired, it came for its hire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - ‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - ‘You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your compensation in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - “It shall not seem hard to you when you set him [fn]free, for he has given you six years with [fn]double the service of a hired man; so the LORD your God will bless you in whatever you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - “You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your [fn]countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your [fn]towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - “You shall give him his wages on his day [fn]before the sun sets, for he is poor and sets his [fn]heart on it; so that he will not cry against you to the LORD and it become sin in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:12 - “May the LORD reward your work, and your wages be full from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - “Now therefore, command that they cut for me cedars from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - “But you, be strong and do not [fn]lose courage, for there is reward for your work.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - “As a slave who pants for the shade,
And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 - Behold, children are a [fn]gift of the LORD,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:18 - The wicked earns deceptive wages,
But he who sows righteousness gets a true reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21 - [fn]Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished,
But the [fn]descendants of the righteous will be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 - A bribe is a [fn]charm in the sight of its owner;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5 - For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:18 - Her gain and her harlot’s wages will be set apart to the LORD; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who dwell in the presence of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:10 - Behold, the Lord [fn]GOD will come with might,
With His arm ruling for Him.
Behold, His reward is with Him
And His recompense before Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11 - Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth,
Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes;
Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - “Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness
And his [fn]upper rooms without justice,
Who uses his neighbor’s services without pay
And does not give him his wages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - Thus says the LORD,
“Restrain your voice from weeping
And your eyes from tears;
For your work will be rewarded,” declares the LORD,
“And they will return from the land of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - “The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were [fn]your market; ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 - “Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise,
Your sailors and your pilots,
Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise
And all your men of war who are in you,
With all your company that is in your midst,
Will fall into the heart of the seas
On the day of your overthrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:33 - ‘When your wares went out from the seas,
You satisfied many peoples;
With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise
You enriched the kings of earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor [fn]hard against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had [fn]performed against it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her [fn]wealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11 - Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe,
Her priests instruct for a price
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the LORD saying,
“Is not the LORD in our midst?
Calamity will not come upon us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - “You have sown much, but [fn]harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is [fn]not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10 - ‘For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for animal; and for him who went out or came in there was no [fn]peace because of [fn]his enemies, and I set all men one against another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12 - I said to them, “If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not, [fn]never mind!” So they weighed out thirty shekels of silver as my wages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - “Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the [fn]orphan, and those who turn aside the [fn]alien and do not [fn]fear Me,” says the LORD of hosts.
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