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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).
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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, seeing it, said to them, Why are you troubling the woman? she has done a kind act to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:6 - But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7 - And he, from inside the house, would say in answer, Do not be a trouble to me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; it is not possible for me to get up and give to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5 - Because this widow is a trouble to me, I will give her her right; for if not, I will be completely tired out by her frequent coming.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38 - I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:8 - Now the planter and the waterer are working for the same end: but they will have their separate rewards in the measure of their work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:58 - For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:5 - In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:15 - Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23 - Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:27 - In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:17 - From this time on let no man be a trouble to me; because my body is marked with the marks of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:3 - Having ever in mind your work of faith and acts of love and the strength of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:9 - For you have the memory, my brothers, of our trouble and care; how, working night and day, so that we might not be a trouble to any of you, we gave you the good news of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:5 - For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:8 - And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2 - I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:13 - And a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Put in writing, There is a blessing on the dead who from now on come to their end in the Lord: yes, says the Spirit, that they may have rest from their troubles; for their works go with them.
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