Strong's Lexicon

G3449

G3449 — μόχθος

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekmochthosnounOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G3449
Word:μόχθος
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from the base of G3425
Language:Greek
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:mochthos
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mokh'-thos
Meaning:1. toil 2. (by implication) sadness
KJV Renderings:painfulness, travail

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μόχθος, μόχθου, , hard and difficult labor, toil, travail; hardship, distress: 2Co 11:27; 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8; see κόπος, 3 b. (Hesiod scut. 306; Pindar, Tragg., Xenophon, others; the Sept. chiefly for òÈîÈì.) (Synonym: see κόπος, at the end.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

μόχθος (painfulness)

2 Corinthians 11:27

KJV: In weariness and painfulness in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness
GK: εν κόπω και μόχθω εν αγρυπνίαις πολλάκις εν λιμώ και δίψει εν νηστείαις πολλάκις εν ψύχει και γυμνότητι

1 Thessalonians 2:9

KJV: For ye remember brethren our labour and travail for labouring night and day because we would not be chargeable unto any of you we preached unto you the gospel of God
GK: μνημονεύετε γαρ αδελφοί τον κόπον ημών και τον μόχθον νυκτός γαρ και ημέρας εργαζόμενοι προς το μη επιβαρήσαί τινα υμών εκηρύξαμεν εις υμάς το ευαγγέλιον του θεού

2 Thessalonians 3:8

KJV: Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought but wrought with labour and travail night and day that we might not be chargeable to any of you
GK: ουδέ δωρεάν άρτον εφάγομεν παρά τινος αλλ΄ εν κόπω και μόχθω νύκτα και ημέραν εργαζόμενοι προς το μη επιβαρήσαί τινα υμών
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