Kopos κόπος

Kopos (Greek κόπος, Strong's G2873) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “labor”. It occurs 19 times in 19 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Kopos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 26:10
  When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.Aware of this, Jesus asked, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

Mark

• Mark 14:6
  And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

Luke

• Luke 11:7
  And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
• Luke 18:5
  Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.yet because this widow keeps pestering me, I will give her justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”

John

• John 4:38
  I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 3:8
  Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.
• 1 Corinthians 15:58
  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 6:5
  In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
• 2 Corinthians 10:15
  Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
• 2 Corinthians 11:23
  Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
• 2 Corinthians 11:27
  In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

Galatians

• Galatians 6:17
  From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

1 Thessalonians

• 1 Thessalonians 1:3
  Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9
  For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:5
  For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.

2 Thessalonians

• 2 Thessalonians 3:8
  Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 6:10
  For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

Revelation

• Revelation 2:2
  I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.
• Revelation 14:13
  And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).