STRONGS G3408:
μισθός,
μισθοῦ,
ὁ (from
Homer down), the
Sept. for
שָׂכָר, also for
מַשְׂכֹּרֶת, etc.;
1. dues paid for work; wages, hire:
Romans 4:4 (
κατά ὀφείλημα); in a prov.,
Luke 10:7 and
1 Timothy 5:18;
Matthew 20:8;
James 5:4;
Jude 1:11 (on which see
ἐκχέω, at the end);
μισθός ἀδικίας, wages obtained by iniquity,
Acts 1:18;
2 Peter 2:15 (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 a.).
2. reward: used — of the fruit naturally resulting from toils and endeavors,
John 4:36;
1 Corinthians 9:18; — of
divine recompense:
a. in both senses, rewards and punishments:
Revelation 22:12.
b. of the rewards which God bestows, or will bestow, upon good deeds and endeavors (on the correct theory about which cf. Weiss, Die Lehre Christi vom Lohn, in the Deutsche Zeitschr. für christl. Wissenschaft, 1853, p. 319ff; Mehlhorn, d. Lohnbegr. Jesu, in the Jahrbb. f. protest. Theol., 1876, p. 721ff; (cf. Beyer in
Herzog xx, pp. 4-14)):
Matthew 5:12;
Matthew 6:2,
5,
16;
Matthew 10:41;
Mark 9:41;
Luke 6:23,
35;
1 Corinthians 3:8,
14;
2 John 1:8;
Revelation 11:18;
ἔχειν μισθόν,
to have a reward, is used of those for whom a reward is reserved by God, whom a divine reward awaits,
Matthew 5:46;
1 Corinthians 9:17; with
παρά τῷ πατρί ὑμῶν τῷ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς added,
Matthew 6:1.
c. of punishments:
μισθός ἀδικίας,
2 Peter 2:13;
τῆς δυσσεβείας, 2 Macc. 8:33.
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