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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 BoxGen 31:42 - If the God of my father - the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears - had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night."

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the LORD. Finally the LORD grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13 - I also shook out my garment, and I said, "In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!" All the assembly replied, "So be it!" and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 - "If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 - See my pain and suffering! Forgive all my sins!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 - They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 - When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one's best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - As for the heads of those who surround me - may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:18 - Why did I ever come forth from my mother's womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:3 - 'You have said, "I feel so hopeless! For the LORD has added sorrow to my suffering. I am worn out from groaning. I can't find any rest."'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3 - In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:3 - Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:7 - I see the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; the tent curtains of the land of Midian are shaking.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - For the household gods have spoken wickedness, the soothsayers have seen a lie, and as for the dreamers, they have disclosed emptiness and give comfort in vain. Therefore the people set out like sheep and become scattered because they have no shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:13 - You also do this: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears as you weep and groan, because he no longer pays any attention to the offering nor accepts it favorably from you.
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