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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 on my side, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God saw my affliction and the labor of my hands and rebuked you last night.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:12 - How can I bear by myself the weight 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 he became impatient over the misery of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13 - I also shook out the fold[fn] of my garment and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. So may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said “Amen” and praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:2 - “If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?
Yet who can keep 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 - but man is born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:16 - You will forget your misery;
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:18 - Consider my affliction and my 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 it
on its walls,
and iniquity and trouble are within it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:5 - They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:16 - But when I thought how to understand this,
it seemed to me a wearisome task,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:10 - The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span[fn] is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:20 - Can wicked rulers be allied with you,
those who frame[fn] injustice by statute?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - So he bowed their hearts down with hard labor;
they fell down, with 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,
let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:18 - Why did I come out from the womb
to see toil and sorrow,
and spend my days in shame?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:3 - You said, ‘Woe is me! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary with my groaning, and I find 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 manhood he strove with God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - Woe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil on their beds!
When the morning dawns, they perform it,
because it is in the power of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:3 - Why do you make me see iniquity,
and why do you idly look at wrong?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:7 - I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction;
the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:2 - For the household gods utter nonsense,
and the diviners see lies;
they tell false dreams
and give empty consolation.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:13 - And this second thing you do. You cover the LORD’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.
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