μισθός misthos · G3408
wage
μισθός, -οῦ, ὁ ; [in LXX chiefly for שָׂכָר ; ] ; 1. prop., wages, hire: Mat.20:8, Luk.10:7, Rom.4:4, 1Ti.5:18, Jas.5:4, Ju 11; μ. ἀδικίας, Act.1:18, 2Pe.2:13 (but see Mayor and ICC, in l), 2Pe.2:15. ; 2. Generally, reward: Jhn.4:36, 1Co.9:18; esp. of divine rewards, Mat.5:12 6:1-2, 5 6:16 10:41-42 Mrk.9:41, Luk.6:23, 35, 1Co.3:8 3:14, 2Jn.8, Rev.11:18 22:12; ἔχειν μ., Mat.5:46, 1Co.9:17.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
μισθός, ὁ, ; hire, μισθῷ ἔπι ῥητῷ for fixed wages, []; μισθοῖο τέλος the end of our hired service,[] for hire, []; μισθὸν δοῦναι, διδόναι, πορίζειν, []; ὡς ἐς ἑξήκοντα ναῦς μηνὸς μισθόν as a month's pay, []; μ. πράττεσθαι exact it, []; hire, μ. ὄνων, πλοίου, [] ; b especially at Athens, pay, allowance for public service, μ. δικαστικός []; ὁ τῆς πρυτανείας μ. pay received during the prytany, []; 2 physician's fee, μ. ἄρνυσθαι []; II generally, recompense, reward, []; II.2 in bad sense, requital, …
Where it's used 29 times
Matthew 5:12 · Matthew 5:46 · Matthew 6:1 · Matthew 6:2 · Matthew 6:5 · Matthew 6:16 · Matthew 10:41 · Matthew 10:42 · Matthew 20:8 · Mark 9:41 · Luke 6:23 · Luke 6:35 · Luke 10:7 · John 4:36 · Acts 1:18 · Romans 4:4 · 1 Corinthians 3:8 · 1 Corinthians 3:14 · 1 Corinthians 9:17 · 1 Corinthians 9:18 · 1 Timothy 5:18 · James 5:4 · 2 Peter 2:13 · 2 Peter 2:15 · 2 John 1:8 · Jude 1:11 · Revelation 11:18 · Revelation 22:12 … and 1 more
Source: TBESG G3408; TFLSJ G3408
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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