Quick Definition
μίσθιος, ου, ὁ Adj a paid worker
Strong's Definition
from 3408; a wage-earner
KJV Usage: hired servant
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ου | μισθόομαι
1 μίσθιος and μισθωτός involve two sets of components, one focusing upon the work which such a person does and the other upon the fact that the individual in question is paid. This means that μίσθιος and μισθωτός could justifiably be classified either in Domain 42 Perform, Do or in Domain 57.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μίσθιος, -a, -ov, also of two terminations [cf. W. § 11. 1], (μισθός), employed for hire, hired: as subst. [A. V. hired servant], Lk. xv. 17, 19, [21 WH in br.], (Sept. for Ὑ3, Lev. xxv. 50; Job vii.1. Tob. v.12; Sir. vii. 20; xxxi. 27; xxxvii.11. Anth. 6, 283, 3; Plut.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μίσθιος misthios 2x
hired; as a subst., a hired servant, hireling, Lk. 15:17, 19*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† μίσθιος, -α, -ον
(also -ος, -ον), [in LXX: Le 19:13 A 25:50, Jb 7:1 (שָׂכִיר), To 5:11, Si 7:10 31 (34):22 37:11*;]
hired; as subst., ὁ μ., a hired servant: Lk 15:17, 19, 21 (Anth., Plut.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μίσθιος. Deissmann’s contention (ZAZ, p. 72) that this word is not to be regarded as a specifically NT word, but as belonging to the ordinary Greek of the time, receives further confirmation from such a passage as P Amh II. 9215 (a.D. 162-3) οὐχ ἕξω δὲ κ[ο]ινωνὸν οὐδὲ μίσθιον γενόμενον τῆς ὠνῆς ὑποτελῆ. The editors translate, (1 will have no partner or servant who is liable on account of the contract,” but Wilcken (Chvest. I. p. 370) from its association with κοινωνόν prefers to take μίσθιον as =‘ tenant,” “‘sublessee.” The adj. is also found in P Flor III. 3227! (A.D. 2582) μίσθιοι £5.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μίσθιος (misthios) — hired worker. μίσθιος, α, ον, salaried, hired, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. substantive μίσθιος, ὁ, hired labourer, servant, [LXX+3rd c.BC+] (unless = tenant) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]mercenaries, [Refs 1st c.AD+]