Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • οὐκ ἀδικήσεισ τὸν πλησίον καὶ οὐχ ἁρπάσεισ καὶ οὐ μὴ κοιμηθήσεται ὁ μισθὸσ τοῦ μισθωτοῦ σου παρὰ σοὶ ἕωσ πρωί̈. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 19:13)
  • οὐ σκληρὸν ἔσται ἐναντίον σου ἐξαποστελλομένων αὐτῶν ἐλευθέρων ἀπὸ σοῦ, ὅτι ἐπέτειον μισθὸν τοῦ μισθωτοῦ ἐδούλευσέ σοι ἓξ ἔτη. καὶ εὐλογήσει σε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου ἐν πᾶσιν, οἷσ ἐὰν ποιῇσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 15:18)
  • καὶ προσάξω πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ ἐν κρίσει καὶ ἔσομαι μάρτυσ ταχὺσ ἐπὶ τὰσ φαρμακοὺσ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰσ μοιχαλίδασ καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ ὀμνύοντασ τῷ ὀνόματί μου ἐπὶ ψεύδει καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺσ ἀποστεροῦντασ μισθὸν μισθωτοῦ καὶ τοὺσ καταδυναστεύοντασ χήραν καὶ τοὺσ κονδυλίζοντασ ὀρφανοὺσ καὶ τοὺσ ἐκκλίνοντασ κρίσιν προσηλύτου καὶ τοὺσ μὴ φοβουμένουσ με, λέγει Κύριοσ παντοκράτωρ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Malachiae 3:5)
  • καὶ νῦν λέγω. ἐν τρισὶν ἔτεσιν ἐτῶν μισθωτοῦ ἀτιμασθήσεται ἡ δόξα Μωὰβ ἐν παντὶ τῷ πλούτῳ τῷ πολλῷ, καὶ καταλειφθήσεται ὀλιγοστὸσ καὶ οὐκ ἔντιμοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 16:14)
  • διότι οὕτωσ εἶπέ μοι Κύριοσ. ἔτι ἐνιαυτὸσ ὡσ ἐνιαυτὸσ μισθωτοῦ, ἐκλείψει ἡ δόξα τῶν υἱῶν Κηδάρ, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 21:16)

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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