Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
κόπος (G2873)
23 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. ).
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