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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the LORD. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13 - I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “In this way may God shake out of their house and possessions anyone who does not keep this promise. So may such a person be shaken out and emptied!” At this the whole assembly said, “Amen,” and praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 - “If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - You will surely forget your trouble, recalling it only as waters gone by.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 - Look on my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:10 - Day and night they prowl about on its walls; malice and abuse are within it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 - They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 - When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Can a corrupt throne be allied with you— a throne that brings on misery by its decrees?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:9 - Those who surround me proudly rear their heads; may the mischief of their lips engulf them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:18 - Why did I ever come out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow and to end my days in shame?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:3 - You said, ‘Woe to me! The LORD has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:3 - In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel; as a man he struggled with God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:3 - Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:7 - I saw the tents of Cushan in distress, the dwellings of Midian in anguish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - The idols speak deceitfully, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:13 - Another thing you do: You flood the LORD’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer looks with favor on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.
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