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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 19 times in 19 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:10 - And Jesus having known, said to them, 'Why do ye give trouble to the woman? for a good work she wrought for me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:6 - And Jesus said, 'Let her alone; why are ye giving her trouble? a good work she wrought on me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7 - and he from within answering may say, Do not give me trouble, already the door hath been shut, and my children with me are in the bed, I am not able, having risen, to give to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:5 - yet because this widow doth give me trouble, I will do her justice, lest, perpetually coming, she may plague me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38 - I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 3:8 - and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:58 - so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:5 - in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:15 - not boasting of the things not measured, in other men's labours, and having hope -- your faith increasing -- in you to be enlarged, according to our line -- into abundance,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:23 - ministrants of Christ are they? -- as beside myself I speak -- I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:27 - in laboriousness and painfulness, in watchings many times, in hunger and thirst, in fastings many times, in cold and nakedness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 6:17 - Henceforth, let no one give me trouble, for I the scars of the Lord Jesus in my body do bear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:3 - unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:9 - for ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail, for, night and day working not to be a burden upon any of you, we did preach to you the good news of God;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:5 - because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 3:8 - nor for nought did we eat bread of any one, but in labour and in travail, night and day working, not to be chargeable to any of you;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:10 - for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:2 - I have known thy works, and thy labour, and thy endurance, and that thou art not able to bear evil ones, and that thou hast tried those saying themselves to be 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 out of the heaven saying to me, 'Write: Happy are the dead who in the Lord are dying from this time!' 'Yes, (saith the Spirit,) That they may rest from their labours -- and their works do follow them!'
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