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μισθὸν ἀδικίας

Pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad · unrighteousness

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μισθός G3408 pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad
Pronunciation misthós
Compensation for work or service; notably used of divine rewards for faithfulness and righteous deeds.
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ἀδικία G93 unrighteousness
Pronunciation adikía
Moral wrongdoing that violates God's justice; often means unrighteousness as a power opposing truth and righteousness
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What does μισθὸν ἀδικίας (misthon adikias) mean in the Bible?

μισθός · ἀδικία is a Greek word meaning "pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad".

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Meaning

pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:12 · Luke 6:23 · Luke 6:35 · Rom 4:4 · 1 Cor 9:18 · Jas 5:4 · Rev 22:12 7×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 10:7 · Acts 1:18 · 1 Tim 5:18 · Jude 1:11 4×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:46 · Matt 6:1 · Matt 6:2 · Matt 6:5 · Matt 6:16 · Matt 10:41 · Matt 10:42 · Matt 20:8 · Mark 9:41 · John 4:36 · 1 Cor 3:8 · 1 Cor 3:14 · 1 Cor 9:17 · 2 Pet 2:13 · 2 Pet 2:15 · 2 John 1:8 18×
29 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Luke 6 — The Lord of the Sabbath Forms a Kingdom People Mark 9 — Glory, Unbelief, Suffering, Humility, and Radical Discipleship Matthew 10 — The Mission of the Twelve, Costly Witness, and Allegiance to Christ Matthew 5 — Kingdom Blessedness, Fulfilled Law, and Heart-Level Righteousness Matthew 6 — Hidden Righteousness, the Father’s Reward, and Seeking First the Kingdom Romans 1 — The Gospel Reveals the Righteousness of God and the Wrath of God Romans 4 — Abraham Justified by Faith and the Promise Secured by Grace Romans 6 — Dead to Sin and Alive to God in Christ Jesus Romans 9 — God’s Faithfulness, Sovereign Mercy, and Israel’s Stumbling Over Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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