Lexical Definition
κόπος kópos (kop'-os) labor G:N-M
from κόπτω
labour, + trouble, weariness.
- a cut, i.e. (by analogy) toil (as reducing the strength), literally or figuratively
- by implication, pains
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| κόπῳ | labor | 2Cor.11.27 • 2Thess.3.8 |
| κόπων | labors | Rev.14.13 |
| troubles | LXX.Hab.3.7 • LXX.Mal.2.13 | |
| κόπω | to toil | LXX.Job.5.7 |
| toil | LXX.Judg.10.16 | |
| κόπουσ | toils | LXX.Jer.20.18 |
| trouble | Matt.26.10 • Mark.14.6 • Luke.11.7 | |
| troubles | LXX.Mic.2.1 • LXX.Hab.1.3 • LXX.Zech.10.2 • Gal.6.17 | |
| κόπου | his toil | LXX.Neh.5.13 |
| labor | 1Thess.1.3 • Heb.6.10 | |
| κόποσ | it is toilsome | LXX.Ps.73.16 |
| labor | 1Thess.3.5 | |
| toil | LXX.Job.5.6 • LXX.Ps.10.7 • LXX.Ps.90.10 • 1Cor.15.58 | |
| trouble | LXX.Ps.140.9 | |
| κόπον | labor | John.4.38 • 1Cor.3.8 • 1Thess.2.9 • Rev.2.2 |
| my toil | LXX.Ps.25.18 | |
| toil | LXX.Jer.45.3 | |
| trouble | LXX.Job.11.16 • LXX.Ps.94.20 • Luke.18.5 | |
| your toil | LXX.Deut.1.12 | |
| κόποισ | his toils | LXX.Hos.12.3 |
| labors | 2Cor.6.5 • 2Cor.10.15 • 2Cor.11.23 | |
| toils | LXX.Ps.73.5 | |
| troubles | LXX.Ps.88.15 • LXX.Ps.107.12 | |
| κοπον | toil | LXX.Gen.31.42 |
Abbott-Smith
κόπος, -ου, ὁ (< κόπτω), [in LXX chiefly for עָמָל, also for אָוֶן, etc.;]
1. a striking, beating (in Je 51:33 (45:3) = κοπετός).
2. 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.).
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 45:3 |
| Matthew | 26:10 |
| Mark | 14:6 |
| Luke | 11:7 · 18:5 |
| John | 4:38 |
| 1 Corinthians | 3:8 · 15:58 |
| 2 Corinthians | 6:5 · 10:15 · 11:23 · 11:27 |
| Galatians | 6:17 |
| 1 Thessalonians | 1:3 · 2:9 · 3:5 |
| 2 Thessalonians | 3:8 |
| Revelation | 2:2 · 14:13 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
κόπος-ος, ὁ,
(κόποςτω) striking, beating, ὀξύχειρι σὺν κόποςῳ (Pauw for κτύπῳ) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; στέρνων κόποςους (Seidler for κτύπους) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={κοπανισμός}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
__II toil and trouble, suffering, [κόποςος [prev. author] “fragment” 132a p. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1265 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; pain of a disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόποςους παρέχειν τινί to give trouble, [NT+2nd c.BC+]; κόποςον ἔχειν [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 fatigue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόποςου ὕπο from very weariness, [κόποςῳ παρεῖμαι [prev. author] “Ph.” 852 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόποςῳ δαμέντες, ἁλίσκεσθαι, [κόποςοι καὶ ὕπνοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 537b, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 4.2, NT.2Cor.6.5, etc.">NT+5th c.BC+]; περὶ κόποςων title of work by [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 work, exertion, καμάραν ἀφ᾽ ἱδίων κόποςων ἐποίησεν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κόποςῳ κόποςον λύειν proverbial in [Refs 4th c.AD+]
LSJ Scripture Refs: Matt.26.10 ☩ 2Cor.6.5