Misthōtós — G3411

Definition

adjective

a wage-worker (good or bad)

Usually translated as

hireling, hired servant

Origin

from G3409

• misthóō (G3409)

Occurrences

Misthōtós occurs 4 times in 3 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), John (2)

• Mark 1:20 — And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants (μισθωτῶν), and went after him.
• John 10:12 — But he that is an hireling (μισθωτὸς), and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
• John 10:13 — The hireling (μισθωτὸς) fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
• John 10:13 — The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling (μισθωτὸς), and careth not for the sheep.