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GreekG2873Noun (Masculine)

κόπος

kopos

19Occurrences
G2873Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from G2875 (κόπτω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.a striking, beating (in = κοπετός)
2.laborious toil, trouble
Synonyms
μόλθος, labour; *πόνος *(which see), 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"
LXX: chiefly for עָמָל, also for אָוֶן, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

κόπος appears 19 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Corinthians
4
1 Thessalonians
3
1 Corinthians
2
Luke
2
Revelation
2
2 Thessalonians
1
Galatians
1
Hebrews
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 15:58BSB

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

1 Thessalonians 2:9BSB

Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

2 Corinthians 11:23BSB

Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

2 Thessalonians 3:8BSB

nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

John 4:38BSB

I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.