labor

Greek, Noun, Male

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 freq. 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)

labor

Greek, Noun, Male

κόπ-ος, ὁ, (κόπτω) striking, beating, ὀξύχειρι σὺν κόπῳ (Pauw for κτύπῳ) [Refs 4th c.BC+]; στέρνων κόπους (Seidler for κτύπους) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ={κοπανισμός}, [Refs 5th c.AD+] II) toil and trouble, suffering, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; pain of a disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόπους παρέχειν τινί to give trouble, [NT+2nd c.BC+]; κόπον ἔχειν [Refs 1st c.BC+] II.2) fatigue, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόπου ὕπο from very weariness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόπῳ δαμέντες, ἁλίσκεσθαι, [NT+5th c.BC+]; περὶ κόπων title of work by [Refs 4th c.BC+] II.3) work, exertion, καμάραν ἀφ᾽ ἱδίων κόπων ἐποίησεν [Refs 1st c.AD+]; κόπῳ κόπον λύειν proverbial in [Refs 4th c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a cut, i.e. (by analogy) toil (as reducing the strength), literally or figuratively; by implication, pains; labour, + trouble, weariness; from g2875 (κόπτω);