ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΟΣ, μισθοφορος
MISTHOPHOROS, misthophoros
Sounds Like: mis-tho-FO-ros
Translations: hireling, a hireling, mercenary, a mercenary, hired servant, a hired servant, hired man, a hired man, hired
From the root: ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from ΜΙΣΘΟΣ (misthos), meaning 'wages' or 'pay', and ΦΟΡΟΣ (phoros), meaning 'bearing' or 'carrying'. It refers to someone who works for wages, often implying a lack of personal commitment beyond the pay received. It can be used as a noun to describe a 'hireling' or 'mercenary', or as an adjective meaning 'hired'. It often carries a negative connotation, distinguishing such a person from a true shepherd or dedicated servant who cares for their charge.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3407 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΟΙ — mercenaries, hired soldiers
- ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΟΙΣ — to mercenaries, for mercenaries
- ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΟΥΣ — mercenaries, a mercenary, hired soldiers, hired men
- ΜΙΣΘΟΦΟΡΩΝ — of mercenaries, of hired soldiers, of hired servants
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