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μισθωτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μισθωτός μισθωτή μισθωτόν

Structure: μισθωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from misqo/w

Sense

  1. hired
  2. an hireling, hired servant, mercenaries

Examples

  • καὶ τίσ εἶ σύ, Ἀχιὼρ καὶ οἱ μισθωτοὶ τοῦ Ἐφραίμ, ὅτι ἐπροφήτευσασ ἐν ἡμῖν καθὼσ σήμερον καὶ εἶπασ τὸ γένοσ Ἰσραὴλ μὴ πολεμῆσαι, ὅτι ὁ Θεὸσ αὐτῶν ὑπερασπιεῖ αὐτῶν̣ καὶ τίσ ὁ Θεὸσ εἰ μὴ Ναβουχοδονόσορ̣ οὗτοσ ἀποστελεῖ τὸ κράτοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσει αὐτοὺσ ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ οὐ ρύσεται αὐτοὺσ ὁ Θεὸσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 6:2)
  • ΟΥΑΙ τῷ στεφάνῳ τῆσ ὕβρεωσ, οἱ μισθωτοὶ Ἐφραίμ. τὸ ἄνθοσ τὸ ἐκπεσὸν ἐκ τῆσ δόξησ ἐπὶ τῆσ κορυφῆσ τοῦ ὄρουσ τοῦ παχέοσ, οἱ μεθύοντεσ ἄνευ οἴνου. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 28:1)
  • καὶ τοῖσ ποσὶ καταπατηθήσεται ὁ στέφανοσ τῆσ ὕβρεωσ, οἱ μισθωτοὶ τοῦ Ἐφραίμ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 28:3)
  • καὶ οἱ μισθωτοὶ αὐτῆσ ἐν αὐτῇ ὥσπερ μόσχοι σιτευτοὶ τρεφόμενοι ἐν αὐτῇ, διότι καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀπεστράφησαν καὶ ἔφυγον ὁμοθυμαδόν, οὐκ ἔστησαν, ὅτι ἡμέρα ἀπωλείασ ἦλθεν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ καὶ καιρὸσ ἐκδικήσεωσ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 26:20)
  • μισθωτοὶ ἢ οἰκέται; (Demosthenes, Speeches 41-50, 62:6)

Synonyms

  1. hired

  2. an hireling

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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