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Lexicon :: Strong's G2873 - kopos

Aa
κόπος
Transliteration
kopos (Key)
Pronunciation
kop'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:827,453

Trench's Synonyms: cii. μόχθος, πόνος, κόπος.

Strong’s Definitions

κόπος kópos, kop'-os; from G2875; a cut, i.e. (by analogy) toil (as reducing the strength), literally or figuratively; by implication, pains:—labour, + trouble, weariness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's G2873 in the following manner: labour (13x), trouble (with G3830) (5x), weariness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's G2873 in the following manner: labour (13x), trouble (with G3830) (5x), weariness (1x).

  1. a beating

  2. a beating of the breast with grief, sorrow

  3. labour

    1. trouble

      1. to cause one trouble, make work for him

    2. intense labour united with trouble and toil

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κόπος kópos, kop'-os; from G2875; a cut, i.e. (by analogy) toil (as reducing the strength), literally or figuratively; by implication, pains:—labour, + trouble, weariness.
STRONGS G2873:
κόπος, κόπου, ὁ (κόπτω);
1. equivalent to τό κόπτειν, a beating.
2. equivalent to κοπετός, a beating of the breast in grief, sorrow (Jeremiah 51:33 (Jer. 45:3)).
3. labor (so the Sept. often for עָמָל), i. e.
a. trouble (Aeschylus, Sophocles): κόπους παρέχειν τίνι, to cause one trouble, make work for him, Matthew 26:10; Mark 14:6; Luke 11:7; Galatians 6:17; κόπον παρέχειν τίνι, Luke 18:5.
b. intense labor united with trouble, toil. (Euripides, Arstph;, others): universally, plural, 2 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 11:23; of manual labor, joined with μόχθος ((see below)), 1 Thessalonians 2:9; ἐν κόπῳ καί μόχθῳ (toil and travail), 2 Corinthians 11:27 (where L T Tr WH omit ἐν); 2 Thessalonians 3:8; of the laborious efforts of Christian virtue, 1 Corinthians 15:58; Revelation 2:2; plural Revelation 14:13; ὁ κόπος τῆς ἀγάπης, the labor to which love prompts, and which voluntarily assumes and endures trouble and pains for the salvation of others, 1 Thessalonians 1:3; Hebrews 6:10 Rec.; of toil in teaching, John 4:38 (on which see εἰς, B. I. 3); 1 Thessalonians 3:5; of that which such toil in teaching accomplishes, 1 Corinthians 3:8; plural 2 Corinthians 10:15 (cf. Sir. 14:15).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Jeremiah
45:3; 51:33
Matthew
26:10
Mark
14:6
Luke
11:7; 18:5
John
4:38
1 Corinthians
3:8; 15:58
2 Corinthians
6:5; 10:15; 11:23; 11:27
Galatians
6:17
1 Thessalonians
1:3; 2:9; 3:5
2 Thessalonians
3:8
Hebrews
6:10
Revelation
2:2; 14:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2873 matches the Greek κόπος (kopos),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:10 - But Jesus, G2424 aware G1097 of this, said G3004 to them, “Why G5101 do you bother G2873 G3930 the woman? G1135 For she has done G2038 a good G2570 deed G2041 to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:6 - But Jesus G2424 said, G3004 “Let G863 her alone; G863 why G5101 do you bother G2873 G3930 her? She has done G2038 a good G2570 deed G2041 to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7 - and from inside G2081 he answers G611 and says, G3004 ‘Do not bother G2873 G3930 me; the door G2374 has already G2235 been shut G2808 and my children G3813 [fn]and I are in bed; G2845 I cannot G1410 G3756 get G450 up and give G1325 you anything.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5 - yet G1065 because G1223 this G3778 widow G5503 bothers G3930 G2873 me, I will [fn]give G1556 her legal G1556 protection, G1556 otherwise G2443 G3361 by continually G1519 G5056 coming G2064 she will [fn]wear G5299 me out.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38 - “I sent G649 you to reap G2325 that for which G3739 you have not labored; G2872 others G243 have labored G2872 and you have entered G1525 into their labor.” G2873

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:8 - Now G1161 he who plants G5452 and he who waters G4222 are one; G1520 but each G1538 will receive G2983 his own G2398 [fn]reward G3408 according G2596 to his own G2398 labor. G2873

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:58 - Therefore, G5620 my beloved G27 brethren, G80 be steadfast, G1476 immovable, G277 always G3842 abounding G4052 in the work G2041 of the Lord, G2962 knowing G6063 that your toil G2873 is not in vain G2756 in the Lord. G2962

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:5 - in beatings, G4127 in imprisonments, G5438 in tumults, G181 in labors, G2873 in sleeplessness, G70 in hunger, G3521

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:15 - not boasting G2744 beyond G1519 G280 our measure, G280 that is, in other G245 men’s G245 labors, G2873 but with the hope G1680 that as your faith G4102 grows, G837 we will be, [fn]within G2596 our sphere, G2583 enlarged G3170 even G1519 more G4050 by you,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23 - Are they servants G1249 of Christ? G5547—I speak G2980 as if insane G3912—I more G5228 so; G5228 in [fn]far G4057 more G4057 labors, G2873 in [fn]far G4057 more G4057 imprisonments, G5438 [fn]beaten G4127 times G5234 without G5234 number, G5234 often G4178 in danger G2288 of death. G2288

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:27 - I have been in labor G2873 and hardship, G3449 [fn]through G1722 many G4178 sleepless G70 nights, G70 in hunger G3042 and thirst, G1373 often G4178 without G3521 food, G3521 in cold G5592 and [fn]exposure. G1132

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:17 - From now G3062 on let no G3367 one G3367 cause G3930 trouble G2873 for me, for I bear G941 on my body G4983 the brand-marks G4742 of Jesus. G2424

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:3 - constantly G89 bearing G3421 in mind G3421 your work G2041 of faith G4102 and labor G2873 of love G26 and [fn]steadfastness G5281 of hope G1680 [fn]in our Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547 in the presence G1715 of our God G2316 and Father, G3962

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:9 - For you recall, G3421 brethren, G80 our labor G2873 and hardship, G3449 how working G2038 night G3571 and day G2250 so G4314 as not to be a burden G1912 to any G5100 of you, we proclaimed G2784 to you the gospel G2098 of God. G2316

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:5 - For this G3778 reason, G1223 when I could endure G4722 it no G3371 longer, G3371 I also G2532 sent G3992 to [fn]find G1097 out about your faith, G4102 for fear G3381 that the tempter G3985 might have tempted G3985 you, and our labor G2873 would be in vain. G2756

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:8 - nor G3761 did we eat G2068 [fn]anyone’s G3844 G5100 bread G740 [fn]without G1431 paying G1431 for it, but with labor G2873 and hardship G3449 we kept working G2038 night G3571 and day G2250 so G4314 that we would not be a burden G1912 to any G5100 of you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2 - ‘I know G6063 your deeds G2041 and your toil G2873 and [fn]perseverance, G5281 and that you cannot G1410 G3756 tolerate G941 evil G2556 men, G2556 and you put G3985 to the test G3985 those G3588 who call G3004 themselves G1438 apostles, G652 and they are not, and you found G2147 them to be false; G5571

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:13 - And I heard G191 a voice G5456 from heaven, G3772 saying, G3004 “Write, G1125 ‘Blessed G3107 are the dead G3498 who die G599 in the Lord G2962 from now G737 on!’” “Yes,” G3483 says G3004 the Spirit, G4151 “so G2443 that they may rest G373 from their labors, G2873 for their deeds G2041 follow G190 with them.”
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