misthios denotes people working in a father's household as hired personnel rather than as sons.

The two occurrences depict hired personnel belonging to a father's household: they have food available in Luke 15:17, and they provide the status the speaker asks to receive in place of being called a son in Luke 15:19.

1. Hired personnel in a household · dominant

   In Luke 15:17, the nominative plural form identifies the father's household personnel in the statement that they have bread to spare. In Luke 15:19, the genitive plural form occurs in the request to be treated as one of them rather than be called a son; the APB renders the clauses with “hired workers” and “hired servants.”

   Luke 15:17Luke 15:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the household group as “hired workers” in Luke 15:17 and “hired servants” in Luke 15:19. These are clause-level renderings rather than definitions.