Misthós — G3408

G3408 · Greek — μισθός

Pronunciation: mis-thos'

Definition

masculine noun

pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad

  1. dues paid for work
  2. reward
    1. in both senses, rewards and punishments
    2. of the rewards which God bestows, or will bestow, upon good deeds and endeavors
    3. Lohnbegr. Jesu, in the Jahrbb. f. protest. Theol., 1876, p. 721ff
    4. of punishments

Usually translated as

reward, hire, wages

Origin

apparently a primary word

Occurrences

Misthós occurs 29 times in 28 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (9), Mark (1), Luke (3), John (1), Acts (1), Romans (1), 1 Corinthians (4), 1 Timothy (1), James (1), 2 Peter (2), 2 John (1), Jude (1), Revelation (2)

Strong's Lexicon — M