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Lexicon :: Strong's G3408 - misthos

Aa
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 - After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:15 - And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:28 - And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:32 - I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concerning my hire that is before thee: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:7 - And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:8 - If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstreaked shall be thy wages; then bare all the flock ringstreaked.

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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 for thy flock: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:9 - And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be a hired thing, it came for its hire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:13 - Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:18 - It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years: and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it (for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it); lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:12 - Jehovah recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:6 - Now therefore command thou that they cut me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that knoweth how to cut timber like unto 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 slack; for your work shall be rewarded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 -
As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow,
And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:3 -
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah;
And the fruit of the womb is his reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:18 -
The wicked earneth deceitful wages;
But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:21 -
Though hand join in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished;
But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 -
A bribe is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it;
Whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:9

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:5 - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:18 - And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:10 - Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come as a mighty one, and his arm will rule for him: Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:11 - Behold, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:16 - Thus saith Jehovah: Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears; for thy work shall be rewarded, saith Jehovah; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - The men of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they brought thee in exchange horns of ivory and ebony.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:27 - Thy riches, and thy wares, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the dealers in thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, with all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the heart of the seas in the day of thy ruin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:33 - When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many peoples; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:19 - Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall carry off her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11 - The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of 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, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:10 - For before those days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in, because of the adversary: for I set all men every one against his neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:12 - And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my hire; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my hire thirty pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:5 - And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.
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