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Koine Greek wordlink #148108

SR GNT Yac 5:4 μισθός (misthos) ‘see the wage of the workers having harvested’ Strongs=34080 Lemma=misthos
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=60 AD Referred to from Word #148117

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Other uses (6) of identical word form μισθός (N-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μισθός’ (N-NMS) has 2 different glosses: ‘reward’, ‘wage’.

Mat 5:12 ‘be exulting because the reward of you_all is great in’ SR GNT Mat 5:12 word 6

OET-LV: 12 Be _rejoicing and be _exulting, because the reward of _you _all is great in the heavens, because/for thus they _persecuted the prophets which before you _all. (MAT_5:12)

OET-RV: 12 Be happy and praising God because you’ll all have a wonderful reward in the heavens, because in the past they also persecuted the prophets like that. (MAT 5:12)

Luke 6:23 ‘see for the reward of you_all is great in’ SR GNT Luke 6:23 word 15

OET-LV: 23 Be _elated in that the day, and jump for _joy, because/for see, the reward of _you _all is great in the heaven. The in for same way the fathers of _them were _doing to _the prophets. (LUK_6:23)

OET-RV: 23 Be happy at that time and dance with happiness, because you’ll have a large reward in heaven. Their ancestors did the same sorts of things to the prophets. (LUK 6:23)

Luke 6:35 ‘and will_be the reward of you_all great and’ SR GNT Luke 6:35 word 16

OET-LV: 35 However be _loving the enemies of _you _all, and be _doing _good, and be _lending expecting_ nothing _back, and the reward of _you _all will _be great, and you _all _will _be sons of_the_highest, because he is good to the ungrateful and evil. (LUK_6:35)

OET-RV: 35 Instead, you all should love your enemies and do good and lend out even when you expect to get nothing back. Then your reward will be large and you’ll all be children of the highest God because he is good to ungrateful and evil people. (LUK 6:35)

Rom 4:4 ‘and working the reward not is_being counted by’ SR GNT Rom 4:4 word 14

OET-LV: 4 And to _the one working, the reward not is _being _counted by grace, but by debt. (ROM_4:4)

OET-RV: 4 Now for someone who’s working, their wages are considered ‘owed’, not a gift. (ROM 4:4)

1 Cor 9:18 ‘of me is the reward in_order_that good_message_preaching without_charge’ SR GNT 1 Cor 9:18 word 7

OET-LV: 18 Therefore what of _me is the reward? In _order _that good _message _preaching without _charge, I _will _be _presenting the good _message, in _order that not to _excessively _resort to _the authority of _me in the good _message. (CO1_9:18)

OET-RV: 18 So, what’s my reward? It’s preaching the good message and the privilege of doing it free of charge, so as not to take advantage of the right that the good message gives me. (CO1 9:18)

Rev 22:12 ‘quickly and the reward of me with me’ SR GNT Rev 22:12 word 7

OET-LV: 12 Behold, I _am _coming quickly, and the reward of _me with me, to _give _back to _each as the work is of _him. (REV_22:12)

OET-RV: 12 (Yeshua says,) “Listen, I’m coming back soon, bringing my reward to distribute to each person according to their behaviour. (REV 22:12)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘misthos’ have 7 different glosses: ‘a reward’, ‘the reward’, ‘the wage’, ‘as the wage’, ‘for reward’, ‘reward’, ‘wage’.

Greek words (5) other than μισθός (N-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘wage’

MAT 20:8 μισθόν (misthon) N-AMS ‘give_back to them the wage having begun from the’ SR GNT Mat 20:8 word 19

OET-LV: 8 And having _become evening, the master of _the vineyard is _saying to _the manager of _him: Call the workers and give _back to _them the wage, having _begun from the last to the first. (MAT_20:8)

OET-RV: 8 “In the evening, the landowner instructed his manager, ‘Call the workers and give them their wages, going from the last to start until the first.’ (MAT 20:8)

LUKE 10:7 μισθοῦ (misthou) N-GMS ‘the worker of the wage of him not be moving’ SR GNT Luke 10:7 word 20

OET-LV: 7 And be _remaining in the_same the house, eating and drinking the things from them, because/for the worker is worthy of _the wage of _him. Be_ not _moving from house to house. (LUK_10:7)

OET-RV: 7 Then stay in that same house and eat and drink what they give you, because the worker is worthy of his compensation. Don’t be moving from house to house. (LUK 10:7)

1 TIM 5:18 μισθοῦ (misthou) N-GMS ‘the worker of the wage of him’ SR GNT 1 Tim 5:18 word 17

OET-LV: 18 For/Because the scripture is _saying: Not you _will _be _muzzling an_ox threshing, and: Worthy is the worker of _the wage of _him. (TI1_5:18)

OET-RV: 18 because the scriptures say, “Don’t muzzle the ox working on the threshing floor,” and “A worker deserves their wages.” (TI1 5:18)

2 PET 2:13 μισθόν (misthon) N-AMS ‘being done_wrong as the wage of unrighteousness as gratification considering’ SR GNT 2 Pet 2:13 word 3

OET-LV: 13 being _done _wrong as_the_wage of _unrighteousness, as _gratification considering the luxury in the_day, stains and blemishes reveling in the seductions of _them, feasting _with with _you _all, (PE2_2:13)

OET-RV: 13 The harm they did will lead to their own harm as payment as their indulgence in broad daylight. They’ve become spots and blemishes as they feast together with you yet take joy in their deception. (PE2 2:13)

2 PET 2:15 μισθόν (misthon) N-AMS ‘of Balaʼam/(Bilˊām) of Bosor/(Bəˊōr) who the wage of unrighteousness loved’ SR GNT 2 Pet 2:15 word 15

OET-LV: 15 having _left the_straight way, they _were _strayed having _followed _after in _the way of_ the _Balaʼam/(Bilˊām) of_ the _Bosor/(Bəˊōr), who loved the_wage of _unrighteousness, (PE2_2:15)

OET-RV: 15 They have left the right path and gone astray, following the path of Bosor’s son Balaam who loved the wages of unrighteousness, (PE2 2:15)

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular