Strong G3449μόχθος
toil
- Transliteration
- mochthos
- Pronunciation
- mokh'-thos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From the base of G3425; toil that is (by implication) sadness: - painfulness travail.
Detailed 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)
(= 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)
In the Bible
Strong G3449 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- travail2
- painfulness1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 11:27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9For 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.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8Neither 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:
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
μόχθ-ος, ὁ,
= Homeric μόγος, toil, hardship, distress, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἀέθλῳ δῆριν ἔχειν καὶ μ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 306)]; μόχθων ἀμπνοά, ἀμοιβά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.7, “N.” 5.48: frequently in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 921, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 480, etc.)]: also in plural, toils, troubles, hardships, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 541 (Lyric poetry))], etc.; of the labours of Heracles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1101, 1170)]; μ. τέκνων for them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1261 (Lyric poetry))]; μόχθον ἀμφὶ πράγμασι epigram cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.184)]; Ἀπελλείου μ. γραφίδος, of a picture, [NT+5th c.BC+ (“APl.” 4.178 (Antip. Sid.).—Rare in early Prose (not in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus or Oratt.), compare μ. καὶ ταλαιπωρίη 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 223; ἐλευθέριοι μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.4; διὰ μόχθων [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.25: frequently in LXX, LXX.Exo.18.8, +others; κόπος καὶ μ. NT.1Thes.2.9)]; μ. implies hardship, πόνος work (but μ. is said to be Cretan dialect for πόνος [Refs (“Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 1096).)]
= Homeric μόγος, toil, hardship, distress, ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἀέθλῳ δῆριν ἔχειν καὶ μ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 306)]; μόχθων ἀμπνοά, ἀμοιβά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.7, “N.” 5.48: frequently in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 921, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 480, etc.)]: also in plural, toils, troubles, hardships, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 541 (Lyric poetry))], etc.; of the labours of Heracles, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1101, 1170)]; μ. τέκνων for them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1261 (Lyric poetry))]; μόχθον ἀμφὶ πράγμασι epigram cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.184)]; Ἀπελλείου μ. γραφίδος, of a picture, [NT+5th c.BC+ (“APl.” 4.178 (Antip. Sid.).—Rare in early Prose (not in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus or Oratt.), compare μ. καὶ ταλαιπωρίη 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 223; ἐλευθέριοι μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.4; διὰ μόχθων [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.6.25: frequently in LXX, LXX.Exo.18.8, +others; κόπος καὶ μ. NT.1Thes.2.9)]; μ. implies hardship, πόνος work (but μ. is said to be Cretan dialect for πόνος [Refs (“Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 1096).)]