What does μίσθιος (místhios) mean in the Bible?
μίσθιος (místhios) is a Greek word meaning "a wage-earner".
Greek · G3407
μίσθιος
A wage-earner
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μίσθιος G3407
Pronunciation místhios
What does μίσθιος (místhios) mean in the Bible?
μίσθιος (místhios) is a Greek word meaning "a wage-earner".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3407?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hired servants (2).
Where does μίσθιος (místhios) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 15:17. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It hired servants 2× Luke 15:17, Luke 15:19
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 15:17
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Luke 2
Source forms
μίσθιοι 1x misthioi Luke 15:17
μισθίων 1x misthiōn Luke 15:19
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Luke 15:19
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 15:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a wage-earner
Strong's G3407
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a wage-earner
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 15:17 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
μίσθιοι misqioi
a paid worker
Read verse Luke 15:19 Adjective Genitive Plural Masculine
μισθίων misqiwn
a paid worker
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 15:17 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 15:19 1×
Word Origins
μίσθιος is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain