Mochthos μόχθος

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Mochthos
μόχθος
Transliterationmochthos
Strong's numberG3449
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosstoil
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent in2 Corinthians (1)

Mochthos (Greek μόχθος, Strong's G3449) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “toil”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

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)

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

Translated as

KJVtravail (2), painfulness (1)
BSBtoil (3)

Verses

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

2 Corinthians

1 Thessalonians

2 Thessalonians

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).
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