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Koine Greek wordlink #138059

SR GNT 1 Tim 5:18 μισθοῦ (misthou) ‘the worker of the wage of him’ Strongs=34080 Lemma=misthos
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=masculine number=singular
Year=65 AD

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Other uses (3) of identical word form μισθοῦ (N-GMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μισθοῦ’ (N-GMS) has 3 different glosses: ‘the reward’, ‘for reward’, ‘wage’.

Luke 10:7 ‘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)

Acts 1:18 ‘acquired a field out_of the reward of unrighteousness and headlong’ SR GNT Acts 1:18 word 8

OET-LV: 18 (Therefore indeed this man acquired a_field out _of the_reward of_ the _unrighteousness, and having _become headlong, he _burst _open in_the_middle, and all the intestines of _him was _poured _out. (ACT_1:18)

OET-RV: 18 (Yudas had bought a field with the money he had received for his treachery, and when he had fallen down in that field, his stomach had burst open and his intestines had slid out on the ground. (ACT 1:18)

Yud (Jud) 1:11 ‘to the deception of Balaʼam/(Bilˊām) for reward they were poured_out and in the’ SR GNT Yud (Jud) 1:11 word 16

OET-LV: 11 Woe to _them. Because they _were _gone in _the way of_ the _Kain/(Qayin), and they _were _poured _out to _the deception the of _Balaʼam/(Bilˊām) for _reward, and in _the controversy of_ the _Kore/(Qoraḩ) they _perished. (JDE_1:11)

OET-RV: 11 Oh dear! Because they’ve followed the actions of Cain and have embraced the deception of Balaam for monetary gain, so too they’ll perish like Korah’s destruction. (JDE 1:11)

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 (4) other than μισθοῦ (N-GMS) 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)

YAC 5:4 μισθός (misthos) N-NMS ‘see the wage of the workers having harvested’ SR GNT Yac 5:4 word 3

OET-LV: 4 Behold, the wage of _the workers, which having _harvested the fields of _you _all, which having _been _withheld by you _all, is _crying _out, and the outcries of _the ones having _reaped, into the ears of_the_master of _armies have _come _in. (JAM_5:4)

OET-RV: 4 The unpaid wages of the workers who harvested your fields are crying out and the desperate requests of those harvesters have been heard by army commander Yahweh. (JAM 5:4)

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