ΜΙΣΘΙΟΣ, μισθιος
MISTHIOS, misthios
Sounds Like: MIS-thee-os
Translations: hired, mercenary, wage-earner, a hired man, a mercenary
From the root: ΜΙΣΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone who is hired or works for wages. It can function as an adjective, meaning 'hired' or 'mercenary', or as a noun, referring to a 'hired man' or 'mercenary', particularly in a military context. It emphasizes the idea of working for pay rather than out of loyalty or ownership.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3407 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 6:17
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΙΣΘΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΜΙΣΘΙ — without pay, without wages, for nothing, freely
- ΜΙΣΘ — reward, a reward, wages, pay, hire, a recompense
- ΜΙΣΘΟ — reward, a reward, wages, pay, hire, a hire
- ΜΙΣΘΟΝ — wage, wages, reward, pay, a wage, a reward
- ΜΙΣΘΟΣ — wages, reward, pay, a reward, a wage
- ΜΙΣΘΟΥ — of reward, of wage, of pay, of hire, a reward, a wage, pay, hire
- ΜΙΣΘΟΥΣ — wages, a wage, reward, a reward, pay, a pay, hire, a hire
- ΜΙΣΘΩΜΑΤΑ — wages, payments, rewards, hire
- ΜΙΣΘΩΝ — of wages, of reward, of pay, of hire
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