μισθός

μισθός — misthós

μισθός, μισθοῦ, ὁ (from Homer down), the Sept. for שָׂכָר, also for מַשְׂכֹּרֶת, etc.;

1. dues paid for work; wages, hire: Rom 4:4 (κατά ὀφείλημα); in a prov., Luk 10:7 and 1Ti 5:18; Mat 20:8; Jas 5:4; Jud 1:11 (on which see ἐκχέω, at the end); μισθός ἀδικίας, wages obtained by iniquity, Act 1:18; 2Pe 2:15 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 1 a.).

2. reward: used — of the fruit naturally resulting from toils and endeavors, Joh 4:36; 1Co 9:18; — of divine recompense:

a. in both senses, rewards and punishments: Rev 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)): Mat 5:12; Mat 6:2; Mat 6:5; Mat 6:16; Mat 10:41; Mar 9:41; Luk 6:23; Luk 6:35; 1Co 3:8; 1Co 3:14; 2Jn 1:8; Rev 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, Mat 5:46; 1Co 9:17; with παρά τῷ πατρί ὑμῶν τῷ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς added, Mat 6:1.

c. of punishments: μισθός ἀδικίας, 2Pe 2:13; τῆς δυσσεβείας, 2Ma 8:33.