Meaning
Wages <1,,3800, opsonion>
for which see CHARGE, A, No. 5, denotes (a) "soldiers' pay," Luk 3:14, 1Co 9:7 ("charges"); (b) in general, "hire, wages of any sort," used metaphorically, Rom 6:23, of sin; 2Co 11:8, of material support which Paul received from some of the churches which he had established and to which he ministered in spiritual things; their support partly maintained him at Corinth, where he forebore to receive such assistance (2Co 1:11-10).
<2,,3408, misthos>
"hire," is rendered "wages" in Joh 4:36; in 2Pe 2:15, AV (RV, "hire"). See HIRE, A.
