G3407
G3407 — μίσθιος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
misthios (mis'-thee-os) adj.
1. a wage-earner
[from G3408]
KJV: hired servant
Root(s): G3408
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
hired servant
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μίσθιος, μισθια, μίσθιον, also of two terminations (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 11, 1) (μισθός), employed for hire, hired: as a substantive (A. V. hired servant), Luk 15:17; Luk 15:19 (21 WH in brackets) (the Sept. for ùÈÒëÄéø, Lev 25:50; Job 7:1. Tob 5:12; Sir 7:20 Sir 31:27 Sir 37:11. Anth. 6, 283, 3 Plutarch).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μίσθιος (hired servant)
Luke 15:17
- KJV: And when he came to himself he said How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare and I perish with hunger
- GK: εις εαυτόν δε ελθών είπεν πόσοι μίσθιοι του πατρός μου περισσεύουσιν άρτων εγώ δε λίμω απόλλυμαι
Luke 15:19
- KJV: And am no more worthy to be called thy son make me as one of thy hired servants
- GK: και ουκέτι ειμί άξιος κληθήναι υιός σου ποίησόν με ως ένα των μισθίων σου