μισθόω
misthoō · hire
Greek word · Strong’s number G3409 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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misthoō (μισθόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “hire”.
Someone for wages.
How to say it
mis·tho·ō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To take someone on for work in return for pay.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- has hired ×1
- hire ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 20:1
For the kingdom of heaven is like a man, a master of a house, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
- Matthew 20:7
They say to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He says to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard.’