Definition:
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:
μισθός, ὁ,
hire, μισθῷ ἔπι ῥητῷ for fixed
wages, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μισθοῖο τέλος the end
of our hired service,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
for hire, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μισθὸν δοῦναι, διδόναι, πορίζειν, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἐς ἑξήκοντα ναῦς μηνὸς μισθόν as a month's
pay, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]; μ. πράττεσθαι exact it, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
hire, μ. ὄνων, πλοίου, [
Refs]
b) especially at Athens,
pay, allowance for public service, μ. δικαστικός [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ τῆς πρυτανείας μ.
pay received during the prytany, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2) physician's
fee, μ. ἄρνυσθαι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II) generally,
recompense, reward, [
NT+8th c.BC+]
II.2) in bad sense,
requital, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Avest.
mīˇžda, Gothic
mizdō, OSlavonic
m[icaron]zda 'pay', O[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
meord, méd 'meed'.)
Definition:
pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad; hire, reward, wages; apparently a primary word;