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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 26 times in 26 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - “If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, so He rendered judgment last night.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - ‘How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and [fn]He could bear the misery of Israel no longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13 - I also shook out the [fn]front of my garment and said, “Thus may God shake out every man from his house and from his possessions who does not fulfill this [fn]promise; even thus may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen!” And they praised the LORD. Then the people did according to this [fn]promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 - “If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient?
But who can refrain [fn]from speaking?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - “For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - For man is born for trouble,
As sparks fly upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - “For you would forget your trouble,
As waters that have passed by, you would remember it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression;
Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 - Look upon my affliction and my [fn]trouble,
And forgive all my sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night they go around her upon her walls,
And iniquity and mischief are in her midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 - They are not [fn]in trouble as other [fn]men,
Nor are they plagued [fn]like mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 - When I pondered to understand this,
It was [fn]troublesome in my sight

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on;
I suffer Your terrors; I am [fn]overcome.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - As for the days of our [fn]life, [fn]they contain seventy years,
Or if due to strength, eighty years,
Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow;
For soon it is gone and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Can a [fn]throne of destruction be allied with You,
One which devises [fn]mischief by decree?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - Therefore He humbled their heart with labor;
They stumbled and there was none to help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - “As for the head of those who surround me,
May the mischief of their lips cover them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:18 - Why did I ever come forth from the womb
To look on trouble and sorrow,
So that my days have been spent in shame?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:3 - ‘You said, “Ah, woe is me! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning and have found no rest.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3 - In the womb he took his brother by the heel,
And in his maturity he contended with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - Woe to those who scheme iniquity,
Who work out evil on their beds!
[fn]When morning comes, they do it,
For it is in the power of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:3 - Why do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, destruction and violence are before me;
Strife exists and contention arises.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:7 - I saw the tents of Cushan under distress,
The tent curtains of the land of Midian were trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - For the teraphim speak [fn]iniquity,
And the diviners see [fn]lying visions
And tell false dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people [fn]wander like sheep,
They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:13 - “This is [fn]another thing you do: you cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He no longer regards the [fn]offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.
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