μισθόω: (μισθός); 1 aorist middle ἐμισθωσάμην; to let out for hire; to hire (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 38, 3): τινα, Mat_20:1; Mat_20:7. (Herodotus, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, others; the Sept. for ωΘ�λΗψ, Deu_23:4; 2Ch_24:12.)

μισθόω misthoō 2x to hire out, let out to hire; mid. to hire, Mat_20:1 ; Mat_20:7

μισθόω , -ῶ ( <μισθός ), [in LXX ( mid .) chiefly for H7939 ;] to let out for hire. Mid ., to hire: c . acc , Mat_20:1 ; Mat_20:7 .†

μισθόω [page 413] The act. of this verb in the sense of let out for hire is seen in PSI I. 30 .2 (A.D. 82) μεμίσθωκά σοι εἰς ἔτη ἓξ . . . τὰς ὑπαρχούσας μοι . . ἀρούρας , P Amh II. 92 .25 (application for a lease A.D. 162 163) ἐξουσίας σοι οὔσης ἑτέρο [ι ]ς μεταμ [ι ]σθοῦν ὁπότε ἐὰν αἱρῇ , ἐὰν φαίνηται μισθῶσαι , The right resting with you to make a fresh lease with other persons whenever you choose, if you consent to my proposal (Edd.). For the mid. have let out to one, hire, cf. Meyer Ostr 59 .3 ὧν (ἀρουρῶν ) ἐμισθωσάμη (ν ) τ̣ω̣ α (ὐτῷ ) γ̄ (ἔτει ), P Oxy III. 500 .27 (A.D. 130) μεμε (=ι )σθώμεθα τὰς προκιμένας ἀρούρας , and P Fay 93 .6 (A.D. 161) βούλομαι μισθώσασθαι παρὰ σοῦ τὴν μυροπω̣λα̣ι̣κὴν καὶ ἀρομ̣ατικὴν ἐργασίαν , I wish to lease from you your business of perfume-selling and unguent-making, to which the vendor replies .19 f. Κάστωρ Αντιφίλου μεμίσθωκα κατ (=θ )ὼς πρόκιται , I, Castor, son of Antiphilus, have made the lease as is above written.

μισθόω [Etym: μισθός] "to let out for hire, farm out, let", Lat. locare, τί τινι Ar. : in pres. and imperf. "to offer to let", μισθοῖ αὑτὸν Ὀλυνθίοις "offers" his services "for pay" to them, Dem. :—c. inf., μ. τὸν νηὸν τριηκοσίων ταλάντων ἐξεργάσασθαι "to let out" the building of it for 300 talents, Lat. locare aedem exstruendam, Hdt. Mid., fut. μισθώσομαι: aor1 ἐμισθωσάμην: perf. μεμίσθωμαι:— "to have let to one, to hire", Lat. conducere, Hdt. , attic; μ. τινα ταλάντου "to engage" his services at a talent a year, Hdt. ; c. inf., μ. νηὸν ἐξοικοδομῆσαι "to contract" for the building of the temple, Lat. conducere aedem aedificandam, id=Hdt. Pass., aor1 ἐμισθώθην: perf. μεμίσθωμαι (v. supr. II):— "to be hired for pay", id=Hdt. ; ἐκ τοῦ μισθωθῆναι from the "hire", Dem. : of a house, "to be let on contract", id=Dem.

μισθόω, -ῶ (μισθός) [in LXX (mid.) chiefly for שָׂכָר ;] to let out for hire. Mid., to hire: with accusative, Mat.20:1, 7.† (AS)