Strong's Lexicon
G2873 — κόπος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2873 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κόπος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2875 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 18 |
| Transliteration: | kopos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kop'-os |
| Meaning: | 1. a cut 2. (by analogy) toil (as reducing the strength) 3. (by implication) pains {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | labour, + trouble, weariness |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κόπος, κόπου, ὁ (κόπτω);
1. equivalent to τό κόπτειν, a beating.
2. equivalent to κοπετός, a beating of the breast in grief, sorrow (Jer 51:33 ()).
3. labor (so the Sept. often for òÈîÈì), i. e.
a. trouble (Aeschylus, Sophocles): κόπους παρέχειν τίνι, to cause one trouble, make work for him, Mat 26:10; Mar 14:6; Luk 11:7; Gal 6:17; κόπον παρέχειν τίνι, Luk 18:5.
b. intense labor united with trouble, toil. (Euripides, Arstph;, others): universally, plural, 2Co 6:5; 2Co 11:23; of manual labor, joined with μόχθος ((see below)), 1Th 2:9; ἐν κόπῳ καί μόχθῳ (toil and travail), 2Co 11:27 (where L T Tr WH omit ἐν); 2Th 3:8; of the laborious efforts of Christian virtue, 1Co 15:58; Rev 2:2; plural Rev 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, 1Th 1:3; Heb 6:10 Rec.; of toil in teaching, Joh 4:38 (on which see εἰς, B. I. 3); 1Th 3:5; of that which such toil in teaching accomplishes, 1Co 3:8; plural 2Co 10:15 (cf. Sir 14:15). [SYNONYMS: κόπος, μόχθος, πόνος: primarily and in general classic usage, πόνος gives prominence to the effort (work as requiring force), κόπος to the fatigue, μόχθος (chiefly poetic) to the hardship. But in the N. T. πόνος has passed over (in three instances out of four) to the meaning pain (hence it has no place in the ’new Jerusalem’, Rev 21:4); cf. the deterioration in the case of the allied πονηρός, πένης. Schmidt, chapter 85; cf. Trench, § cii. (who would translate πόνος, ’toil’, κόπος, ’weariness’, μόχθος, ’labor’).]
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
κόπος (labour)
Matthew 26:10
- KJV: When Jesus understood he said unto them Why trouble ye the woman for she hath wrought a good work upon me
- GK: γνους δε ο Ιησούς είπεν αυτοίς τι κόπους παρέχετε τη γυναικί έργον γαρ καλόν ειργάσατο εις εμέ
Mark 14:6
- KJV: And Jesus said Let her alone why trouble ye her she hath wrought a good work on me
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς είπεν άφετε αυτήν τι αυτή κόπους παρέχετε καλόν έργον ειργάσατο εις εμέ
Luke 11:7
- KJV: And he from within shall answer and say Trouble me not the door is now shut and my children are with me in bed I can not rise and give thee
- GK: κακείνος έσωθεν αποκριθείς είπη μη μοι κόπους πάρεχε ήδη η θύρα κέκλεισται και τα παιδία μου μετ΄ εμού εις την κοίτην εισίν ου δύναμαι αναστάς δούναί σοι
Luke 18:5
- KJV: Yet because this widow troubleth me I will avenge her lest by her continual coming she weary me
- GK: διά γε το παρέχειν μοι κόπον την χήραν ταύτην εκδικήσω αυτήν ίνα μη εις τέλος ερχομένη υποπιάζη με
John 4:38
- KJV: I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour other men laboured and ye are entered into their labours
- GK: εγώ απέστειλα υμάς θερίζειν ο ουχ υμείς κεκοπιάκατε άλλοι κεκοπιάκασι και υμείς εις τον κόπον αυτών εισεληλύθατε
1 Corinthians 3:8
- KJV: Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour
- GK: ο φυτεύων δε και ο ποτίζων εν εισιν έκαστος δε τον ίδιον μισθόν λήψεται κατά τον ίδιον κόπον
1 Corinthians 15:58
- KJV: Therefore my beloved brethren be ye stedfast unmoveable always abounding in the work of the Lord forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord
- GK: ώστε αδελφοί μου αγαπητοί εδραίοι γίνεσθε αμετακίνητοι περισσεύοντες εν τω έργω του κυρίου πάντοτε ειδότες ότι ο κόπος υμών ουκ έστι κενός εν κυρίω
2 Corinthians 6:5
- KJV: In stripes in imprisonments in tumults in labours in watchings in fastings
- GK: εν πληγαίς εν φυλακαίς εν ακαταστασίαις εν κόποις εν αγρυπνίαις εν νηστείαις
2 Corinthians 10:15
- KJV: Not boasting of things without measure of other men’s labours but having hope your faith is increased that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly
- GK: ουκ εις τα άμετρα καυχώμενοι εν αλλοτρίοις κόποις ελπίδα δε έχοντες αυξανομένης της πίστεως υμών εν υμίν μεγαλυνθήναι κατά τον κανόνα ημών εις περισσείαν
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