STRONGS G2873:
κόπος,
κόπου,
ὁ (
κόπτω);
1. equivalent to
τό κόπτειν,
a beating.
2. equivalent to
κοπετός,
a beating of the breast in grief, sorrow (
Jeremiah 51:33 (
Jer. 45:3)).
3. labor (so the
Sept. often for
עָמָל), i. e.
a. trouble (
Aeschylus,
Sophocles):
κόπους παρέχειν τίνι, to cause one trouble, make work for him,
Matthew 26:10;
Mark 14:6;
Luke 11:7;
Galatians 6:17;
κόπον παρέχειν τίνι,
Luke 18:5.
b. intense labor united with trouble, toil. (
Euripides, Arstph;, others): universally, plural,
2 Corinthians 6:5;
2 Corinthians 11:23; of manual labor, joined with
μόχθος ((see below)),
1 Thessalonians 2:9;
ἐν κόπῳ καί μόχθῳ (
toil and travail),
2 Corinthians 11:27 (where
L T Tr WH omit
ἐν);
2 Thessalonians 3:8; of the laborious efforts of Christian virtue,
1 Corinthians 15:58;
Revelation 2:2; plural
Revelation 14:13;
ὁ κόπος τῆς ἀγάπης, the labor to which love prompts, and which voluntarily assumes and endures trouble and pains for the salvation of others,
1 Thessalonians 1:3;
Hebrews 6:10 Rec.; of toil in teaching,
John 4:38 (on which see
εἰς, B. I. 3);
1 Thessalonians 3:5; of that which such toil in teaching accomplishes,
1 Corinthians 3:8; plural
2 Corinthians 10:15 (cf. Sir. 14:15).
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