Quick Definition
μισθός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. wages, reward
Strong's Definition
apparently a primary word; pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad
KJV Usage: hire, reward, wages
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ | μισθόομαι
57.173 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Hire, Rent Out
pay, wages (derivative of μισθόομαι ‘to hire,’ 57.172) the amount offered for services or paid for work done
MAT 20:8 · LUK 10:7 · JHN 4:36 · ROM 4:4 · 1TI 5:18 · JAS 5:4
38.14 · Punish, Reward · Reward, Recompense
reward, recompense a recompense based upon what a person has earned and thus deserves, the nature of the recompense being either positive or negative In the context of REV 22:12, μισθός may be understood as either a positive or negative reward.
MAT 5:12 · MAT 5:46 · MAT 6:1 · MAT 6:2 · MAT 6:5 · MAT 6:16 · MAT 10:41 · MAT 10:41 · MAT 10:42 · MRK 9:41 · LUK 6:23 · LUK 6:35 · ACT 1:18 · 1CO 3:8 · 1CO 3:14 · 1CO 9:17 · 1CO 9:18 · 2PE 2:13 · 2PE 2:15 · 2JN 1:8 · JUD 1:11 · REV 11:18 · REV 22:12
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μισθός, -οὔ, ὁ, [fr. Hom. down], Sept. for 13¥, also for naw, ete. ; 1. dues paid for work; wages, hire: Ro. iv. 4 (κατὰ ὀφείλημα) ; ina proy., Lk. x. 7 and 1 Tim. vy. 18; Mt. xx. 8; Jas. v. 4; Jude 11 (on which see ἐκχέω, fin.) ; μισθὸς ἀδικίας, wages obtained by iniquity, Acts i. 18; 2 Pet. ii. 15, [ef. W. § 30, 1 8.1. 2. re ward: used — of the fruit naturally resulting from toils and endeavors, Jn. iv. 36; 1 Co. ix. 18;—of divine recompense : a. in both senses, rewards and punishments: Rey. xxii. 12. b. of the rewards which God bestows, or will bestow, upon good deeds and endeavors (on the correct theory about which cf. Weiss, Die Lehre Christi vom Lohn, in the Deutsche Zeitschr. fiir christl. Wissenschaft, 1853, p. 319 sqq.; Mehlhorn, ἃ. Lohnbegr. Jesu, in the Jahrbb. f. protest. Theol., 1876, p. 721 sqq.; [ef. Beyer in Herzog xx. pp. 4-14]): Mt. v. 12; vi. 2,5,16; x.41sq.; Mk. ix. 41; Lk. vi. 23, 35; 1 Co. iii. 8,14; 2Jn.8; Rev. xi. 18; ἔχειν μισθόν, to have a reward, is used of those for whom a reward is reserved by God, whom a divine reward awaits, Mt. v. 46; 1 Co. ix. 17; with παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ ὑμῶν ἐν τ. οὐρ. added, Mt. vi. 1. ce. of punishments: μισθὸς ἀδικίας, 2 Pet. ii. 13; τῆς δυσσεβείας, 2 Mace. viii. 33.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μισθός misthos 29x
hire, wages, Mt. 20:8; Jas. 5:4; reward, Mt. 5:12, 46; 6:1, 2, 5, 16; punishment, 2 Pet. 2:13
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μισθός, -οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for שָׂכָר;]
prop., wages, hire: Mt 20:8, Lk 10:7, Ro 4:4, I Ti 5:18, Ja 5:4, Ju 11; μ. ἀδικίας, Ac 1:18, II Pe 2:13 (but v. Mayor and ICC, in l.), II Pe 2:15.
Generally, reward: Jo 4:36, I Co 9:18; esp. of divine rewards, Mt 5:12 6:1, 2, 5 6:16 10:41, 42, Mk 9:41, Lk 6:23, 35, I Co 3:8, 14, II Jo 8, Re 11:18 22:12; ἔχειν μ., Mt 5:46, I Co 9:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μισθός. For the primary sense of this word “ wage,” ‘‘salary,” cf. P Tebt IT. 3842°(a.D. 10) τέλους γερδίων καὶ τῶν τούτων μισθῶν, “ weavers’ tax and wages,” P Fay 91° (A.D. 99) τὸν ἡμερήσιον μισθόν, “daily wage,” P Lond 846™ (a.p. 140) (=IIT. p. 131, Chrest. 1. p. 382) ἀπ[όρου] μου o[v]ros καὶ μισθοῦ πορίζοντος τὸ ζῆν ἀπὸ τῆς yepS.a[k]s—petition | of a weaver, who works for a wage (μισθοῦ), and has no inscr. to Aesculapius, and 23. 4018 ἱστορήσας ἐμνήσθην τῆς - . « ἀδελφῆς. The verb is also found c. dat. in the sense of “recall” to one in P Lille $1 (iii/B.c.) καλῷς οὖν | ποιήϊσε]ις μνησθεὶς Θεοδώρωι, ἵνα... , “you will do well to recall to Theodorus that . . . ,” 16. 121 (B.C. 250-249) ἐμνήσθην σοι kal παρόντι περὶ τῶν p (ἀρουρῶν), “1 have recalled to you verbally the matter of the 100 arourae.”’ With Lk 154 cf. Pss. Sol. x. 4 καὶ μνησθήσεται (for form see Robertson Gr. p. 357) Κύριος τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐλέει (cited by Plummer ad 1), and with Lk 23% Christian sepulchral inscr. from Antinoopolis Pre/szgke 1563° K(dprje μ]νήσθητι [τῆς δο]ύλη(ς) σου [ἐν τῇ] βασιλείᾳ σου.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μισθός (misthos) — wage. μισθός, ὁ, hire, μισθῷ ἔπι ῥητῷ for fixed wages, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μισθοῖο τέλος the end of our hired service,[Refs 8th c.BC+] for hire, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μισθὸν δοῦναι, διδόναι, πορίζειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὡς ἐς ἑξήκοντα ναῦς μηνὸς μισθόν as a month's pay, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; μ. πράττεσθαι exact it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hire, μ. ὄνων, πλοίου, [Refs] __b especially at Athens, pay, allowance for public service, μ. δικαστικός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ τῆς πρυτανείας μ. pay received during the prytany, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. physician's fee, μ. ἄρνυσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. generally, recompense, reward, [NT+8th c.BC+]
II.2. in bad sense, requital, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Avest. mīˇžda-, Gothic mizdō, OSlavonic m[icaron]zda 'pay', O[Refs 5th c.BC+] meord, méd 'meed'.)