Word Study · Strong's G3409 · Greek
μισθόω
misthoo
mis-tho'-o
Strong's 1890 spelling: misthóō
“to let out for wages, i.e. (middle voice) to hire”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to let out for wages, i.e. (middle voice) to hire
Rendered in the KJV as
hire.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 1 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- ἐμισθώσατο.1
- μισθώσασθαι1
How it is rendered · 2
- has hired.1
- to hire1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle, infinitive (“to…”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AMI-3S · 1
- V-AMN · 1
All 2, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 20:1μισθώσασθαιmisthōsasthaiverb · aorist (simple past) middle, infinitive (“to…”)“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.here: to hire
- Matthew 20:7ἐμισθώσατο.emisthōsatoverb · aorist (simple past) middle, statement · 3rd person singular‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’here: has hired.