μισθός misthos

Greek word for “wage” · Strong’s G3408 · used 29 times in 28 verses

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Meaning

μισθός, -οῦ, ὁ; 1. prop., wages, hire:, Ju 11;

How it is translated

Glosses given for misthos in context, with how often each is used:

• reward 22
• wages 3
• wage 3
• reward? 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 6 (4), Matthew 5 (2), Matthew 10 (2), Luke 6 (2), 1 Corinthians 3 (2), 1 Corinthians 9 (2), 2 Peter 2 (2), Matthew 20 (1), Mark 9 (1), Luke 10 (1)

Forms

• μισθὸν 18
• μισθὸς 5
• μισθοῦ 4
• μισθός 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with misthos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐργάτης ergatēs “worker” 4
• ἀμήν amēn “amen” 5
• ποτίζω potizō “to water” 3
• ὑποκριτής hupokritēs “hypocrite” 3
• ἀπολλύω apolluō “to destroy” 4
• ἀπέχω apechō “to have in full” 3
• ἀδικία adikia “unrighteousness” 3
• προφήτης prophētēs “prophet” 4
• Βαλαάμ Balaam “Balaam” 2
• ὅπως hopōs “that” 3
• ὄνομα onoma “name” 4
• χαίρω chairō “to rejoice” 3

Key verses

The verses using misthos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:12 — Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
• Matthew 6:1 — Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
• Matthew 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…
• Matthew 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…
• Matthew 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…
• Luke 6:23 — Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
• Luke 6:35 — But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he…
• 1 Corinthians 9:17 — For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
• James 5:4 — Behold, the hire 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…
• 2 Peter 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 of unrighteousness;
• Jude 1:11 — Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
• Revelation 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 unto thy servants…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.