Lexicon :: Strong's G3408 - misthos

μισθός

Transliteration

misthos (Key)

Pronunciation

mis-thos'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Apparently a primary word

Greek Inflections of μισθός [?]

mGNT
29x in 4 unique form(s) TR
29x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
45x in 8 unique form(s)

μισθὸν — 18x

μισθὸς — 5x

μισθός — 2x

μισθοῦ — 4x

μισθὸν — 18x

μισθὸς — 5x

μισθός — 2x

μισθοῦ — 4x

μισθὸν — 10x

μισθόν — 7x

Μισθός — 1x

μισθὸς — 14x

μισθός — 9x

μισθοῦ — 2x

μισθοὺς — 1x

μισθούς — 1x

Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:695,599

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

dues paid for work
1. wages, hire
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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.

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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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G3408 matches the Greek μισθός (misthos),
which occurs 29 times in 28 verses in the TR Greek.

View OT results in the LXX Greek concordance

View NT results in the MGNT Greek concordance

Mat 5:12

Mat 5:12 - Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward^G3408 in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Mat 5:46

Mat 5:46 - For if ye love them which love you, what reward^G3408 have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

Mat 6:1

Mat 6:1 - Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward^G3408 of your Father which is in heaven.

Mat 6:2

Mat 6:2 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.^G3408

Mat 6:5

Mat 6:5 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.^G3408

Mat 6:16

Mat 6:16 - Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.^G3408

Mat 10:41

Mat 10:41 - He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward;^G3408 and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.^G3408

Mat 10:42

Mat 10:42 - And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.^G3408

Mat 20:8

Mat 20:8 - So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire,^G3408 beginning from the last unto the first.

Mar 9:41

Mar 9:41 - For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.^G3408

Luk 6:23

Luk 6:23 - Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward^G3408 is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

Luk 6:35

Luk 6:35 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward^G3408 shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Luk 10:7

Luk 10:7 - And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire.^G3408 Go not from house to house.

Jhn 4:36

Jhn 4:36 - And he that reapeth receiveth wages,^G3408 and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

Act 1:18

Act 1:18 - Now this man purchased a field with the reward^G3408 of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

Rom 4:4

Rom 4:4 - Now to him that worketh is the reward^G3408 not reckoned of grace, but of debt.

1Co 3:8

1Co 3:8 - Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward^G3408 according to his own labour.

1Co 3:14

1Co 3:14 - If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.^G3408

1Co 9:17

1Co 9:17 - For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward:^G3408 but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.

1Co 9:18

1Co 9:18 - What is my reward^G3408 then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.

1Ti 5:18

1Ti 5:18 - For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.^G3408

Jas 5:4

Jas 5:4 - Behold, the hire^G3408 of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

2Pe 2:13

2Pe 2:13 - And shall receive the reward^G3408 of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;

2Pe 2:15

2Pe 2:15 - Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages^G3408 of unrighteousness;

2Jo 1:8

2Jo 1:8 - Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.^G3408

Jde 1:11

Jde 1:11 - Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward,^G3408 and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

Rev 11:18

Rev 11:18 - And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward^G3408 unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

Rev 22:12

Rev 22:12 - And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward^G3408 is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.