G2873: κόπος (kópos)

G2873 κόπος (kópos)

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Quick Definition

κόπος, ου, ὁ n.m. trouble, toil, labor

Strong's Definition

from 2875; a cut, i.e. (by analogy) toil (as reducing the strength), literally or figuratively; by implication, pains

KJV Usage: labour, + trouble, weariness

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κόπος (G2873)

noun, m. | -ου | κόπτω

42.47 · Perform, Do · Work, Toil

hard work, toil, labor act of engaging in hard work, implying difficulties and trouble

JHN 4:38 · 1CO 3:8 · 1CO 15:58 · 2CO 6:5 · 2CO 10:15 · 2CO 11:23 · 2CO 11:27 · 1TH 1:3 · 1TH 2:9 · 1TH 3:5 · 2TH 3:8 · REV 2:2 · REV 14:13

22.7 · Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances · Trouble, Hardship, Distress

trouble, distress a state characterized by troubling circumstances

MAT 26:10 · MRK 14:6 · LUK 11:7 · LUK 18:5 · GAL 6:17

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κόπος, -ου, 6, (κόπτω) ; 1. i. 4: τὸ κόπτειν, a beating. 2. i. 4. κοπετός, a beating of the breast in grief, sorrow, (Jer. li. 33 (xlv. 3)). 3. labor (so Sept. often for })» ἘΜῸΝ a. trouble (Aeschyl., Soph.) : κόπους παρέχειν τινί, to cause one trouble, make work for him, Mt. xxvi. 10; Mk. xiv. 6; Lk. xi. 7; Gal. vi. 17; κόπον παρέχ. τινί, Lk. xviii. 5. ὍὌ. intense labor united with trouble, toil, (Eur., Arstph., al.) : univ., plur., 2 Co. vi. 5; xi. 23; of manual labor, joined with μόχθος [(see below) ], 1 Th. ii. 9; ἐν κόπῳ Kk. μόχθῳ, [toil and travail], 2 Co. xi. 27 (where L T Tr WH om. ev); 2 Th. iii. 8; of the laborious euurts of Christian virtue, 1 Co. xv. 58; Rev. ii. 2; plur. Rev. xiv. 13; 6 κόπος τῆς ἀγάπης, the labor to which love prompts, and which voluntarily assumes and endures trouble and pains for the salvation of others, 1 Th. i. 3; Heb. vi. 10 Rec.; of toil in teaching, Jn. iv. 38 (on which see εἰς, B. 1. 8); 1 Th. iii. 5; of that which such toil in teaching accomplishes, 1 Co. iii. 8; plur. 2 Co. x. 15 (cf. Sir. xiv. 15).

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κόπος kopos 18x

trouble, difficulty, uneasiness, Mt. 26:10; Mk. 14:6; labor, wearisome labor, travail, toil, 1 Cor. 3:8; 15:58; meton. the fruit or consequence of labor, Jn. 4:38; 2 Cor. 10:15

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κόπος, -ου, ὁ

(< κόπτω), [in LXX chiefly for עָמָל, also for אָוֶן, etc.;]

a striking, beating (in Je 51:33 (45:3) = κοπετός).

laborious toil, trouble: Jo 4:38, I Co 3:8 15:58, I Th 3:5; κ. τ. ἀγάπης, I Th 1:3; ἔργα καὶ κ., Re 2:2; κ. καὶ μόχθος, II Co 11:27, I Th 2:9, II Th 3:8; pl., ἐν κ., II Co 6:5 10:15 11:23; ἐκ τ. κ., Re 14:13; κόπους (-ον) παρέχειν (in cl. more freq. π. πράγματα, πονον), c. dat. pers., Mt 26:10, Mk 14:6, Lk 11:7 18:5, Ga 6:17.†

SYN.: μόλθος, labour; πόνος (q.v.), toil, painful effort; in cl., "π. gives prominence to the effort (work as requiring force), κ. to the fatigue, μ. (chiefly poetic) to the hardship" (Thayer, s.v. κ.).

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κόπος (kopos) — labor. κόπ-ος, ὁ, (κόπτω) striking, beating, ὀξύχειρι σὺν κόπῳ (Pauw for κτύπῳ) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; στέρνων κόπους (Seidler for κτύπους) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={κοπανισμός}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

II. toil and trouble, suffering, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; pain of a disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόπους παρέχειν τινί to give trouble, [NT+2nd c.BC+]; κόπον ἔχειν [Refs 1st c.BC+]

II.2. fatigue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόπου ὕπο from very weariness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόπῳ δαμέντες, ἁλίσκεσθαι, [NT+5th c.BC+]; περὶ κόπων title of work by [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.3. work, exertion, καμάραν ἀφ᾽ ἱδίων κόπων ἐποίησεν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κόπῳ κόπον λύειν proverbial in [Refs 4th c.AD+]