The corpus record

μίσθιος

misthios

salaried, hired

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Where it lives

Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 1 · 1.9/10k
Siracides 3 · 1.63/10k
Luke 3 · 1.56/10k
Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k

What it meant

μίσθιος · misthios — LSJ

salaried, hired

salaried, hired, Plu. Lyc. 16, AP 6.283; λινόϋφος μ. Sammelb. 4299.14 (iii A. D.).

II hired labourer, servant, tenant, mercenaries

Subst. μίσθιος, ὁ, hired labourer, servant, LXX Le. 19.13 (v.l.), PCair.Zen. 378.14 (pl., iii B. C.), Supp.Epigr. 2.569.28, 4.447.45 (Didyma, ii B.C.), Ev.Luc. 15.17, PAmh. 2.92.19 (unless = tenant) (ii A. D.): in pl., mercenaries, J. BJ 5.2.1.

In the wild

μίσθιοι · misthioi New Testament, Luke 15.17 (DIORISIS sentence 806)
μισθίων · misthiōn New Testament, Luke 15.19 (DIORISIS sentence 808)
μισθίων · misthiōn New Testament, Luke 15.21 (DIORISIS sentence 812)
μισθίου · misthiou Septuaginta, Job 6
μισθίου · misthiou Septuaginta, Leviticus 25
μισθίου · misthiou Septuaginta, Siracides 34

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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