μισθωτός
misthōtos
“hired worker”
Definition
a wage-worker (good or bad)
from G3409 (μισθόω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
μισθωτός appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.
Immediately Jesus called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed Him.
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