UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: hired, rented

Semantic entry: 57.175

Semantic domains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange

Subdomains: Hire, Rent Out

Definition: (derivative of μισθόομαι ‘to hire,’ 57.172: μισθόω) that which has been hired or rented (but in the NT occurring only in reference to a rented dwelling)

Notes: In some languages one may speak of ‘rent’ as ‘money paid in order to stay in a place.’ This may be necessary in order to distinguish such payments from a payment made to purchase something.