Definition:
μόχθος, -ου, ὁ (= Hom. μόγος), in cl. chiefly poët, [in LXX for תְּלָאָה, עָמָל, etc;] toil, labour, hardship, distress: 2Co.11:27, 1Th.2:9, 2Th.3:8. SYN.: κόπος (which see), πόνος (AS)
Definition:
μόχθ-ος, ὁ, = Homeric μόγος,
toil, hardship, distress, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἀέθλῳ δῆριν ἔχειν καὶ μ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μόχθων ἀμπνοά, ἀμοιβά, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in
plural,
toils, troubles, hardships, [
Refs 4th c.BC+], etc; of the
labours of Heracles, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. τέκνων
for them, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μόχθον ἀμφὶ πράγμασι epigram cited in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; Ἀπελλείου μ. γραφίδος, of a picture, [
NT+5th c.BC+]; μ. implies
hardship, πόνος
work (but μ. is said to be Cretan dialect for πόνος [
Refs]