GreekG3408Noun (Masculine)

μισθός

misthos

28Occurrences
G3408Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad

apparently a primary word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.prop., wages, hire
2.Generally, reward
LXX: chiefly for שָׂכָר

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

μισθός appears 28 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
9
1 Corinthians
4
Luke
3
2 Peter
2
Revelation
2
1 Timothy
1
2 John
1
Acts
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 3:8BSB

He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

2 John 1:8BSB

Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.

John 4:36BSB

Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

Matthew 10:41BSB

Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

Matthew 6:1BSB

“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

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