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Koine Greek wordlink #13625

SR GNT Mat 20:7 ἐμισθώσατο (emisthōsato) ‘because no_one us hired he is saying to them be going’ Strongs=34090 Lemma=misthoō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=middle person=3rd number=singular

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Only use of identical word form ἐμισθώσατο (V-IAM3..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐμισθώσατο’ (V-IAM3..S) is always and only glossed as ‘hired’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘misthoō’ have 2 different glosses: ‘to hire’, ‘hired’.

Greek words (2) other than ἐμισθώσατο (V-IAM3..S) with a gloss related to ‘hired’

LUKE 15:17 μίσθιοι (misthioi) S-NMP Lemma=misthios ‘having come he was saying how_many hired ones of the father of me’ SR GNT Luke 15:17 word 8

LUKE 15:19 μισθίων (misthiōn) S-GMP Lemma=misthios ‘as one of the hired ones of you’ SR GNT Luke 15:19 word 15

Key: S=substantive adjective V=verb GMP=genitive,masculine,plural IAM3..S=indicative,aorist,middle,3rd person singular NMP=nominative,masculine,plural