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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 29 times in 28 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:12 - Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men 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 those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:1 - "Beware of practicing your piety before men in order to be seen by them; for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:2 - "Thus, when you give alms, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:5 - "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - "And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:41 - He who receives a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall 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 even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:8 - And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 9:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 9:41 - For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ, will by no means lose his reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:23 - Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:35 - But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:7 - And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages; do not go from house to house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:36 - He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:18 - (Now this man bought a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:4 - Now to one who works, his wages are not reckoned as a gift but as his due.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:8 - He who plants and he who waters are equal, and each shall receive his wages according to his labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:14 - If the work which any man has built on the foundation survives, 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 of my own will, I have a reward; but if not of my own will, I am entrusted with a commission.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:18 - What then is my reward? Just this: that in my preaching I may make the gospel free of charge, not making full use of my right in 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 an ox when it is treading out the grain," and, "The laborer deserves his wages."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:4 - Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:13 - suffering wrong for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their dissipation, carousing with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:15 - Forsaking the right way they have gone astray; they have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Be'or, who loved gain from wrongdoing,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Jo 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Jo 1:8 - Look to yourselves, that you may not lose what you have worked for, but may win a full reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:11 - Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error, and perish in Korah's rebellion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:18 - The nations raged, but thy wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, for rewarding thy servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear thy name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth."

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 22:12 - "Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense, to repay every one for what he has done.
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