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Hired Servant, Hireling

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: μισθωτός

(Strong's #3411 — Adjective — misthotos — mis-tho-tos' )

an adjective denoting "hired," is used as a noun, signifying "one who is hired," "hired servants," Mark 1:20; "hireling," John 10:12,13; here, it expresses, not only one who has no real interest in his duty (that may or may not be present in its use in Mark 1:20 , and in misthios, No. 2), but one who is unfaithful in the discharge of it; that sense attaches always to the word rendered "hireling."

2: μίσθιος

(Strong's #3407 — Adjective — misthios — mis'-thee-os )

an adjective, akin to No. 1, and similarly signifying "a hired servant," is used in Luke 15:17,19 (in some texts, ver. 21).

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Hired Servant, Hireling'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​h/hired-servant-hireling.html. 1940.
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