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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 Box Gen 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - Then Laban said to Jacob, "Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - Then Leah said, "God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife." So she named him Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - He added, "Just name your wages - I'll pay whatever you want."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - Let me walk among all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and the spotted or speckled goats. These animals will be my wages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - My integrity will testify for me later on. When you come to verify that I've taken only the wages we agreed on, if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7 - but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - If he said, 'The speckled animals will be your wage,' then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said, 'The streaked animals will be your wage,' then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:41 - This was my lot for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave for you - fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay 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 was with it, he will not have to pay; if it was hired, what was paid for the hire covers it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - And you may eat it in any place, you and your household, because it is your wages for your service in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - You should not consider it difficult to let him go free, for he will have served you for six years, twice the time of a hired worker; the LORD your God will bless you in everything you do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:12 - May the LORD reward your efforts! May your acts of kindness be repaid fully by the LORD God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - But as for you, be strong and don't get discouraged, for your work will be rewarded."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 - Yes, sons are a gift from 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 person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21 - Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 - A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it; in whatever he does he succeeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9 - Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit from their labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5 - For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward - and even the memory of them disappears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:18 - Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the LORD. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the LORD's presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:10 - Look, the sovereign LORD comes as a victorious warrior; his military power establishes his rule. Look, his reward is with him; his prize goes before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11 - Look, the LORD announces to the entire earth: "Say to Daughter Zion, 'Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him and his reward goes before him!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - "'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - The LORD says to her, "Stop crying! Do not shed any more tears! For your heartfelt repentance will be rewarded. Your children will return from the land of the enemy. I, the LORD, affirm it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - The Dedanites were your clients. Many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 - Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains, your ship's carpenters, your merchants, and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:33

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - "Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to give the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth, capture her loot, and seize her plunder; it will be his army's wages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11 - Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the LORD and say, "The LORD is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:6 - You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10 - Before that time there was no compensation for man or animal, nor was there any relief from adversity for those who came and went, because I had pitted everybody - each one - against everyone else.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12 - Then I said to them, "If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, forget it." So they weighed out my payment - thirty pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - "I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the LORD who rules over all.
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