ΜΙΣΘΟΥΝΤΑΙ, μισθουνται
MISTHOUNTAI, misthountai
Sounds Like: mis-THOO-n-teh
Translations: they are hired, they hire for themselves, let them be hired, let them hire for themselves
From the root: ΜΙΣΘΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to hire' or 'to pay wages'. In the form 'ΜΙΣΘΟΥΝΤΑΙ', it is either in the present passive or middle voice, indicative or imperative mood, third person plural. This means it can convey actions like 'they are being hired' (passive) or 'they are hiring for themselves' (middle), or commands like 'let them be hired' or 'let them hire for themselves'. It describes the act of engaging someone for work for pay, or being engaged for work for pay.
Inflection: Present, Passive or Middle Voice, Indicative or Imperative Mood, Third Person, Plural
Strong’s number: G3409 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 7 — 6:127
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΙΣΘΟΩ.
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.
- ἘΜΕΜΙΣΘΩΤΟ — had been hired, had been rented out, had been leased
- ἘΜΙΣΘΟΥΝΤΟ — they were hiring, they were renting, they were being hired, they were being rented
- ἘΜΙΣΘΩΣΑΜΗΝ — I hired, I rented, I leased, I took for hire, I took for rent
- ἘΜΙΣΘΩΣΑΝΤΟ — they hired, they rented, they leased
- ΕΜΙΣΘΩΣΑΝΤΟ — they hired, they rented, they leased
- ΕΜΙΣΘΩΣΑΤΟ — he hired, he rented, he leased, he hired for himself, he rented for himself, he leased for himself
- ΜΕΜΙΣΘΩΜΑΙ — I have been hired, I have been rented, to be hired, to be rented
- ΜΕΜΙΣΘΩΜΕΝΟΣ — hired, rented, leased, having been hired, having been rented, having been leased
- ΜΕΜΙΣΘΩΜΕΝΩ — (to) the hired one, (to) the one who has been hired, (to) the one having been hired
- ΜΕΜΙΣΘΩΝΤΑΙ — they have been hired, they have been rented, they have been let out for hire
- ΜΙΣΘΟΥΜΑΙ — I hire, I rent, I let out for hire, I pay wages, I receive wages
- ΜΙΣΘΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — hiring, renting, being hired, being rented, those hiring, those being hired
- ΜΙΣΘΟΥΣΘΑΙ — to hire, to rent, to employ, to lease
- ΜΙΣΘΟΥΤΑΙ — is hired, is rented, hires for oneself, rents for oneself, is paid wages
- ΜΙΣΘΟΩ — to hire, to rent, to pay wages, to let out for hire
- ΜΙΣΘΩ — to hire, to rent, to pay wages, to let out for hire, to employ, to lease
- ΜΙΣΘΩΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having hired, hiring, having rented, renting, having leased, leasing
- ΜΙΣΘΩΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having hired, having rented, having paid wages, having engaged for wages
- ΜΙΣΘΩΣΑΜΕΝΟΥ — of having hired, of having rented, of having leased, of having let out for hire, of having paid wages
- ΜΙΣΘΩΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to hire, to rent, to employ, to lease
- ΜΙΣΘΩΣΑΣΘΕ — hire, hire out, let out for hire, rent
- ΠΡΟΣΕΜΙΣΘΩΣΑΝΤΟ — they hired, they rented, they leased, they let out for hire
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