κόπος

G2873 G:N-M

labor

κόπος , -ου, ὁ (κόπτω) [in LXX chiefly for עָמָל, also for אָוֶן, etc. ;] __1. a striking, beating (in Jer.45:3 = κοπετός) __2. laborious toil, trouble : Jhn.4:38 , 1Co.3:8 15:58 , 1Th.3:5 ; κ. τ. ἀγάπης, 1Th.1:3; ἔργα καὶ κ., Rev.2:2; κ. καὶ μόχθος, 2Co.11:27 , 1Th.2:9 , 2Th.3:8 ; pl., ἐν κ., 2Co.6:5 10:15 11:23 ; ἐκ τ. κ., Rev.14:13; κόπονς (-ον) παρέχειν (in cl. more frequently π. πράγματα, πονον), with dative of person(s), Mat.26:10 , Mrk.14:6 , Luk.11:7 18:5 , Gal.6:17 .† SYN. : μόλθος, labour; πόνος (which see), 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, see word κ.) (AS)