Word Study · Strong's G3411 · Greek
μισθωτός
misthotos
mis-tho-tos'
Strong's 1890 spelling: misthōtós
“a wage-worker (good or bad)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a wage-worker (good or bad)
Rendered in the KJV as
hired servant, hireling.
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- μισθωτός1
- μισθωτὸς1
- μισθωτῶν1
How it is rendered · 3
- a hired servant1
- hired servant1
- hired servants1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-NSM · 2
- N-GPM · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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John2 occurrences
- John 10:12μισθωτὸςmisthōtosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThe hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.here: hired servant
- John 10:13μισθωτόςmisthōtosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularThe man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.here: a hired servant