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Lexicon :: Strong's G2873 - kopos

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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 19 times in 19 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:10 - But Jesus perceiving it said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:6 - But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7 - and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5 - yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest she wear me out by her continual coming.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38 - I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:8 - Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:58 - Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:5 - in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:15 - not glorying beyond our measure, that is, in other men’s labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto further abundance,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23 - Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:27 - in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:17 - Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear branded on my body the marks of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:3 - remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:9 - For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:5 - For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:8 - neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:10 - for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2 - I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:13 - And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.
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