Strong's Greek · G3408
μισθός
misthós
hire, reward, wages
Definition
pay for service (literally or figuratively), good or bad
Derivation
apparently a primary word;
Appears 29 times in Scripture
“If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?”
““Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.”
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.”
“So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.”
“Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.”
“When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.”
“And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.””
“Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.”
“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).