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Wage

Rate of (mention only in Matt. 20:2); This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H4909, G3408, H2600, H6468, H7939, G3800, H7938
Hebrew
מַשְׂכֹּ֫רֶת · maskôreth
Greek
μισθός · misthos

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μισθός

G3408
Transliteration
misthos
Language
Greek
Part of speech
G:N-M
Indexed occurrences
29

Glosses

wage, hire, reward, wages

Lexicon definition

μισθός, -οῦ, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for שָׂכָר ;] __1. prop., wages, hire: Mat.20:8, Luk.10:7, Rom.4:4, 1Ti.5:18, Jas.5:4, Ju 11; μ. ἀδικίας, Act.1:18, 2Pe.2:13 (but see Mayor and ICC, in l), 2Pe.2:15. __2. Generally, reward: Jhn.4:36, 1Co.9:18; esp. of divine rewards, Mat.5:12 6:1-2, 5 6:16 10:41-42 Mrk.9:41, Luk.6:23, 35, 1Co.3:8 3:14, 2Jn.8, Rev.11:18 22:12; ἔχειν μ., Mat.5:46, 1Co.9:17.† (AS)

A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament

Μισθός

G3408
Transliteration
misthós
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
29

Glosses

hire, reward, wages

Lexicon definition

hire, wages, Mat. 20.8. Ja. 5.4, et al.; reward, Mat. 5.12, 46; 6.1, 2, 5, 16, et al.; punishment, 2 Pe. 2.13, et al.: whence

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

חִנָּם

H2600
Transliteration
chinnâm
Pronunciation
khin-nawm'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
32

Glosses

without a cause (cost, wages), causeless, to cost nothing, free(-ly), innocent, for nothing (nought, in vain.

Lexicon definition

gratis, i.e. devoid of cost, reason or advantage

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

פְּעֻלָּה

H6468
Transliteration
pᵉʻullâh
Pronunciation
peh-ool-law'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
14

Glosses

labour, reward, wages, work.

Lexicon definition

(abstractly) work

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שָׂכָר

H7939
Transliteration
sâkâr
Pronunciation
saw-kawr'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
28

Glosses

hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.

Lexicon definition

payment of contract

concretely, salary, fare, maintenance

by implication, compensation, benefit

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

ὀψώνιον

G3800
Transliteration
opsṓnion
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
4

Glosses

wages

Lexicon definition

rations for a soldier, i.e. (by extension) his stipend or pay

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

שָׂכָר

H7939
Transliteration
sâkâr
Pronunciation
saw-kawr'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
28

Glosses

hire, wages, hire, price, reward(-ed), wages, worth.

Lexicon definition

payment of contract

concretely, salary, fare, maintenance

by implication, compensation, benefit

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

שָׂכָר

H7940
Transliteration
Sâkâr
Pronunciation
saw-kar'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

Sacar.

Lexicon definition

Sakar, the name of two Israelites

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Wages

Rate of (mention only in Matt. 20:2); to be punctually paid (Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:14, 15); judgements threatened against the withholding of (Jer. 22:13; Mal. 3:5; comp. James 5:4); paid in money (Matt. 20:1-14); to Jacob in kind (Gen. 29:15, 20; 30:28; 31:7, 8, 41).

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Wage

Indexed occurrences: 15

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Strong's Concordance

Wages

Indexed occurrences: 39

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Topical Bible

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WAGES

Nave’s Topical Bible references for WAGES.

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Dictionary

Hireling

A labourer employed on hire for a limited time (Job 7:1; 14:6; Mark 1:20). His wages were paid as soon as his work was over (Lev. 19:13). In the time of our Lord a day's wage was a "penny" (q.v.) i.e., a Roman denarius (Matt. 20:1-14).

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Pieces

(1) of silver. In Ps. 68:30 denotes "fragments," and not properly money. In 1 Sam. 2:36 (Heb. agorah), properly a "small sum" as wages, weighed rather than coined. Josh. 24:32 (Heb. kesitah, q.v.), supposed by some to have been a piece of money bearing the figure of a lamb, but rather simply a certain amount. (Comp. Gen. 33:19). (2.) The word pieces is omitted in many passages, as Gen. 20:16; 37:28; 45:22, etc. The passage in Zech. 11:12, 13 is quoted in the Gospel (Matt. 26:15), and from this we know that the word to be supplied is "shekels." In all these omissions we may thus warrantably supply this word. (3.) The "piece of money" mentioned in Matt. 17:27 is a stater=a Hebrew shekel, or four Greek drachmae; and that in Luke 15:8, 9, Act 19:19, a Greek drachma=a denarius. (See [487]PENNY.)

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Shicron

drunkenness; his gift; his wages

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Wages

Rate of (mention only in Matt. 20:2); to be punctually paid (Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:14, 15); judgements threatened against the withholding of (Jer. 22:13; Mal. 3:5; comp. James 5:4); paid in money (Matt. 20:1-14); to Jacob in kind (Gen. 29:15, 20; 30:28; 31:7, 8, 41).

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