Quick Definition
μισθωτός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. a hired servant
Strong's Definition
from 3409; a wage-worker (good or bad)
KJV Usage: hired servant, hireling
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -οῦ | 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
μισθωτός, -od, 6, (μισθόω), one hired, a hireling: ΜῈ. 1, 20; Jn. x.12sq. (Arstph., Plat., Dem., al.; Sept. for v2e.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μισθωτός misthōtos 3x
a hireling, Mk. 1:20; Jn. 10:12, 13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μισθωτός, -ή, όν,
(< μισθόω), [in LXX for שָׂכִיר, Ex 12:45, al.;]
hired; as subst., ὁ μ., a hired servant, hireling: Mk 1:20, Jo 10:12, 13.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μισθωτός. ΘΡᾺ Ἱ μισθωτοῦ τινων οὐσίων, Sy// 58779 (B.c. 329-8) μισθωτοῖς τοῖς ἐπὶ τὸν πύργον καὶ τὸν πυλῶνα πλινθοφοροῦσιν (‘‘carrying bricks”) καὶ πηλοδευστοῦσιν (‘building with clay’’). For μισθωτής, ‘‘lessee,” ‘‘tenant,” which is not found in the NT (but see 1 Macc 679), cf. P Tebt II. 3084 (A.D. 174) μισθωτα[]ς δρυμῶν, “‘ lessees of marshes” (Edd.), μισθωταῖς tep(od) χει(ρισμοῦ) (cf. Archiv i. p. 140), and PSI III. 2224 (iii/A.D.) μισ]θωτοῦ ἀγρίων θήρας ζῴων [κ]αὶ ὀρνέων (see the editor’s introd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μισθωτός (misthōtos) — hired worker. μισθ-ωτός, ή, όν, hired, ἐπίκουροι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. substantive, hireling, hired servant, [NT+5th c.BC+]: frequently of soldiers, mercenaries, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a spy or agent, [Refs 4th c.BC+]