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κόπος kopos · G2873

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labor

κόπος, -ου, ὁ; (κόπτω) [in LXX chiefly for עָמָל, also for אָוֶן, etc. ; ] ; 1. a striking, beating (in Jer.45:3 = κοπετός) ; 2. laborious toil, trouble: Jhn.4:38, 1Co.3:8 15:58, 1Th.3:5; κ. τ. ἀγάπης, 1Th.1:3; ἔργα καὶ κ., Rev.2:2; κ. καὶ μόχθος, 2Co.11:27, 1Th.2:9, 2Th.3:8; pl., ἐν κ., 2Co.6:5 10:15 11:23; ἐκ τ. κ., Rev.14:13; κόπονς (-ον) παρέχειν (in cl. more frequently π. πράγματα, πονον), with dative of person(s), Mat.26:10, Mrk.14:6, Luk.11:7 18:5, Gal.6:17.†; SYN.: μόλθος, labour; πόνος (which see), toil, painful effort; in cl., "π. gives prominence to the effort (work as requiring force), κ. to the fatigue, μ. (chiefly poetic) to the hardship" (Thayer, see word κ.) (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

κόπ-ος, ὁ, ; (κόπτω) striking, beating, ὀξύχειρι σὺν κόπῳ (Pauw for κτύπῳ) []; στέρνων κόπους (Seidler for κτύπους) []; ={κοπανισμός}, []; II toil and trouble, suffering, []; pain of a disease, []; κόπους παρέχειν τινί to give trouble, []; κόπον ἔχειν []; II.2 fatigue, []; κόπου ὕπο from very weariness, []; κόπῳ δαμέντες, ἁλίσκεσθαι, []; περὶ κόπων title of work by []; II.3 work, exertion, καμάραν ἀφ᾽ ἱδίων κόπων ἐποίησεν []; κόπῳ κόπον λύειν proverbial in []

Where it's used 19 times

Matthew 26:10 · Mark 14:6 · Luke 11:7 · Luke 18:5 · John 4:38 · 1 Corinthians 3:8 · 1 Corinthians 15:58 · 2 Corinthians 6:5 · 2 Corinthians 10:15 · 2 Corinthians 11:23 · 2 Corinthians 11:27 · Galatians 6:17 · 1 Thessalonians 1:3 · 1 Thessalonians 2:9 · 1 Thessalonians 3:5 · 2 Thessalonians 3:8 · Hebrews 6:10 · Revelation 2:2 · Revelation 14:13

Source: TBESG G2873; TFLSJ G2873

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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