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Koine Greek wordlink #134350

SR GNT 1 Th 1:3 κόπου (kopou) ‘of faith and the labour of love and the’ Strongs=28730 Lemma=kopos
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=masculine number=singular
Year=54 AD

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Only use of identical word form κόπου (N-GMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κόπου’ (N-GMS) is always and only glossed as ‘labour’.

(In the VLT, the word form ‘κόπου’ (N-GMS) was always and only glossed as ‘labor’).

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kopos’ have 5 different glosses: ‘in labour’, ‘labour’, ‘labours’, ‘trouble’, ‘troubles’.

Greek words (8) other than κόπου (N-GMS) with a gloss related to ‘labour’

YHN 4:38 κόπον (kopon) N-AMS ‘you_all into the labour of them have come_in’ SR GNT Yhn 4:38 word 18

OET-LV: 38 I sent_ you _all _out to _be _reaping what you _all have_ not _laboured, others have _laboured, and you _all have _come _in into the labour of _them. (JHN_4:38)

OET-RV: 38 I’ve sent you all out to harvest where you haven’t worked before—others did the groundwork and you benefit from their work.” (JHN 4:38)

1 COR 3:8 κόπον (kopon) N-AMS ‘according_to his own labour’ SR GNT 1 Cor 3:8 word 19

OET-LV: 8 The one and planting, and the one giving _to _drink, one are, but each his own reward will _be _receiving, according _to his own labour. (CO1_3:8)

OET-RV: 8 The planter and the waterer work together, and each of them will be rewarded for their work, (CO1 3:8)

1 COR 15:58 κόπος (kopos) N-NMS ‘having known that the labour of you_all not is’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:58 word 20

OET-LV: 58 So _then, brothers of _me beloved, firm be _becoming, immovable, being _plentiful in the work of _the master always, having _known that the labour of _you _all not is vain in the_master. (CO1_15:58)

OET-RV: 58 Therefore my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and stand firm, always doing the master’s work enthusiastically, knowing that your work for Yahweh isn’t wasted. (CO1 15:58)

2 COR 11:27 κόπῳ (kopōi) N-DMS ‘in labour and hardship in’ SR GNT 2 Cor 11:27 word 2

OET-LV: 27 in _labour and hardship, in watchings often, in famine and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. (CO2_11:27)

OET-RV: 27 I’ve worked often and worked hard, often needing to keep guard, suffered famine and thirst, fasted often, and been cold and lacking clothing. (CO2 11:27)

1 TH 2:9 κόπον (kopon) N-AMS ‘for brothers the labour of us and hardship’ SR GNT 1 Th 2:9 word 5

OET-LV: 9 For/Because you _all _are _remembering, brothers, the labour of _us and the hardship, night and day working, in _order that not to _burden anyone of _you _all, we _proclaimed to you _all the good _message of_ the _god. (TH1_2:9)

OET-RV: 9 Brothers and sisters, you’re remembering our work and the hardship that we endured, working day and night so that we wouldn’t burden any of you as we proclaimed good message from God. (TH1 2:9)

1 TH 3:5 κόπος (kopos) N-NMS ‘vain may become the labour of us’ SR GNT 1 Th 3:5 word 25

OET-LV: 5 Because _of this also _I no _longer enduring, I _sent in _order that to _know the faith of _you _all, lest somehow tempted you _all the one tempting, and in vain may _become the labour of _us. (TH1_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 So again when I could no longer endure it, I sent Timothy to find out about your faith, just in case you’d been tempted by the tempter and then our work there would have been wasted. (TH1 3:5)

2 TH 3:8 κόπῳ (kopōi) N-DMS ‘anyone but in labour and hardship night’ SR GNT 2 Th 3:8 word 9

OET-LV: 8 nor undeservedly bread we _ate from anyone, but in labour and hardship, night and day working, in _order that not to _burden anyone of _you _all. (TH2_3:8)

OET-RV: 8 nor did we eat food from anyone that we didn’t deserve, but we worked even when it was hard—day and night, so that we wouldn’t be a burden on anybody, (TH2 3:8)

REV 2:2 κόπον (kopon) N-AMS ‘of you and the labour and endurance of you’ SR GNT Rev 2:2 word 7

OET-LV: 2 I _have _known the works of _you, and the labour and the endurance of _you, and that not you _are _being _able to _bear evil, and you _tested the ones saying themselves to _be ambassadors, and not they _are, and you _found them false, (REV_2:2)

OET-RV: 2 “I know about your activities and work, and your endurance and that you can’t tolerate evil people, and that you’ve investigated the ones who call themselves missionaries but are not, and you’ve found them to be frauds. (REV 2:2)

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular DMS=dative,masculine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular