Quick Definition
εὐκοπώτερον Adj easier
Strong's Definition
better for toil, i.e. more facile
Derivation: comparative of a compound of G2095 (εὖ) and G2873 (κόπος);
KJV Usage: easier
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον · comp. εὐκοπώτερος | κόπτω
22.39 · Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances · Easy, Light
easy, without trouble (occurring only in the comparative form in the NT) pertaining to that which is easy, in the sense of not requiring great effort or work In some languages it is difficult to render in a succinct manner an expression such as ‘easier to do,’ for a comparative expression involving degree of effort may require complex restructuring. Accordingly, one can often translate the first part of this expression in MAT 19:24 as ‘a camel does not have to struggle as much to go through the eye of a needle as ...’
MAT 9:5 · MAT 19:24 · MRK 2:9 · MRK 10:25 · LUK 5:23 · LUK 16:17 · LUK 18:25
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
εὔκοπος eukopos 7x
easy, Mt. 9:5; 19:24; Mk. 2:9; 10:25; Lk. 5:3; 16:17; 18:25
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† εὔ-κοπος, -ον
[in LXX: Si 22:15, I Mac 3:18 * ;]
with easy labour, easy: compar., -ώτερόν ἐστι, c. inf., Mt 9:5, Mk 2:9, Lk 5:23; c. acc et inf., Mt 19:24, Mk 10:25, Lk 16:17 18:25 (Polyb.; the adv. -ως occurs in Aristoph., Fr., 615).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
εὔκοπος. For the corresponding verb cf. the closing greeting of a letter PSI IV. 286%8 (iii/iv a.D.) ἐρρῶσϑαί σε εὔχομ(αι) εὐκοποῦντα διὰ ὅλου βίου. The editor states that he has not found the formula elsewhere, and compares the Homeric peta ζώοντες.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
εὐκοπώτερος (eukopōteros) — easy. Included with: εὔκοπ-ος, ον, easy, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: mostly in comparative, - ωτέρα σκευασία [Refs 1st c.AD+]; -ώτερόν [ἐστι] with infinitive, [NT] adverb -πως [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερον [Refs]
