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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 18 times in 18 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:10 - When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye G2873 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 - And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye G2873 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 G2873 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 G2873 me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38 - I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. G2873

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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: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. G2873

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:58 - Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour G2873 is not in 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 labours, G2873 in watchings, in fastings;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:15 - Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; G2873 but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23 - Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours G2873 more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:27 - In weariness G2873 and painfulness, 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 - From henceforth let no man trouble me: G2873 for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:3 - Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour G2873 of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:9 - For ye remember, brethren, our labour G2873 and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto 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, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour G2873 be in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:8 - Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour G2873 and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2 - I know thy works, and thy labour, G2873 and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:13 - And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; G2873 and their works do follow them.
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