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Strong's #2873 - κόπος
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κόπ-ος, ὁ,
(κόπτω)
I striking, beating, ὀξύχειρι σὺν κόπῳ (Pauw for κτύπῳ) A. Ch. 23 (lyr.); στέρνων κόπους (Seidler for κτύπους) E. Tr. 794 (anap.); = κοπανισμός, Hsch. II toil and trouble, suffering, A. Supp. 210 (pl.); ἀνδροδάϊκτος κόπος Id. Fr. 132a p. Ar. Ra. 1265; pain of a disease, S. Ph. 880; κόπους παρέχειν τινί to give trouble, Matthew 26:10, al., PTeb. 21.10 (ii B. C.), BGU 844.10 (i A. D.); κόπον ἔχειν Phld. Mus. p.62 K.; πάντα κ. ἀναδεξάμενος SIG 761 B 6 (Delph., i B. C.).
2. fatigue, Hp. VM 21, Gal. 6.190; κόπου ὕπο from very weariness, E. Ba. 634; κόπῳ παρεῖμαι Id. Ph. 852; κόπῳ δαμέντες, ἁλίσκεσθαι, Id. Rh. 764, Th. 7.40; τῷ κ. ξυνεῖναι Ar. Pl. 321; τὰ γόνατα κ. ἕλοι μου Id. Lys. 542: in pl., E. Rh. 124; κόποι καὶ ὕπνοι Pl. R. 537b, cf. X. Eq. 4.2, 2 Corinthians 6:5, etc.; περὶ κόπων title of work by Thphr.
3. work, exertion, καμάραν ἀφ' ἱδίων κόπων ἐποίησεν IG 12(7).384 (Amorgos), cf. BGU 884.10 (i A. D.); κόπῳ κόπον λύειν prov. in Orib. Eup. 1.2.8.
κόπος , -ου , ὁ (< κόπτω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H5999, also for H205, etc.;]
1. a striking, beating (in Jeremiah 45:3 = κοπετός ).
2. laborious toil, trouble: John 4:38, 1 Corinthians 3:8; 1 Corinthians 15:58, 1 Thessalonians 3:5; κ . τ . ἀγάπης , 1 Thessalonians 1:3; ἔργα καὶ κ ., Revelation 2:2; κ . καὶ μόχθος , 2 Corinthians 11:27, 1 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:8; pl., ἐν κ ., 2 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 10:15; 2 Corinthians 11:23; ἐκ τ . κ ., Revelation 14:13; κόπονς (-ον ) παρέχειν (in cl. more freq. Papyri πράγματα , πονον ), c. dat. pers., Matthew 26:10, Mark 14:6, Luke 11:7; Luke 18:5, Galatians 6:17.†
SYN.: μόλθος G3454, labour; πόνος G4192 (q.v.), toil, painful effort; in cl., "Papyri 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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For the phrase κόπους παρέχειν τινί, which occurs four times in the NT (also once with sing. κόπον) = ";to give trouble to one,"; see P Tebt I. 21.10 (B.C. 115) ἐὰν δέ σοι κόπους παρέχηι συνανάβαινε αὐτῷ, ";if he gives you trouble, go up with him"; (Edd.), BGU III. 844.12 (A.D. 83) κόπους γάρ μο [ι ] παρέχει ἀσθενοῦντει. For the word, which survives in MGr, see also P Amh II. 133.11 (early ii/A.D.) μετὰ πολλῶν κόπων ἀνηκάσαμεν αὐτῶν ἀντασχέσθαι (l. ἠναγκάσαμεν αὐτοὺς ἀντισχέσθαι) τῆς τούτων ἐν ̣ε ̣ργίας ἐπὶ τῷ πορτέρῳ ἐκφορίου (l. –ίῳ), ";with great difficulty I made them set to work at the former rent"; (Edd.), P Oxy XII. 1482.6 (ii/A.D.) οὐ οὕτως αὐτὴν λελικμήκαμεν μετὰ κόπου ";we never had so much trouble in winnowing it (sc. barley)"; (Edd.).
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