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μισθωτός

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
μισθωτός, οῦ, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
misthōtos
Simplified transliteration: 
misthotos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3411
GK Number: 
3638
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
hired worker
Definition: 
a hireling, Mk. 1:20; Jn. 10:12, 13*

Greek-English Concordance for μισθωτός

Mark 1:20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father their Zebedee in the boat with the hired (misthōtōn | μισθωτῶν | gen pl masc) men and followed him.
John 10:12 The hired (misthōtos | μισθωτός | nom sg masc) hand, since he is not a shepherd and the sheep do not belong to him, sees a wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away — and the wolf attacks the flock and scatters them.
John 10:13 He does this because he is simply a hired (misthōtos | μισθωτός | nom sg masc) hand and has no real concern for the sheep.