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GreekG3449Noun (Masculine)

μόχθος

mochthos

3Occurrences
G3449Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

toil, i.e. (by implication) sadness

from the base of G3425 (μόγις);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
in cl. chiefly poët., toil, labour, hardship, distress.
Synonyms
*κόπος *(which see), πόνος
LXX: for תְּלָאָה, עָמָל, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

μόχθος appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Thessalonians
1
2 Corinthians
1
2 Thessalonians
1

Key Passages

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 11:27BSB

in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

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.

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