noun · masculine
mochthos
Greekμόχθος (mochthos)
Strong’sG3449
wearisome labor, toil, hardship
stem mochth-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
μόχθος, -ου, ὁ
(= Hom. μόγος), in cl. chiefly poët., [in LXX for תְּלָאָה, עָמָל, etc.;]
SYN.: κόπος (q.v.), πόνος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3449 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmokh'-thos
toil, i.e. (by implication) sadness
Fromfrom the base of G3425;
King Jamespainfulness, travail.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | mochthos | mochthois |
| object accusative | mochthon1×μόχθον | mochthoin |
| direct address vocative | mochthor | mochthoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | mochthou | mochthoiu |
| to, for dative | mochtho2×μόχθῳ | mochthoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
mochtho is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
mochthon“hardship”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Thessalonians 2:9“hardship”Mnēmoneuavō gar, adelfoir, ton kopon nu kai ton mochthon; nuxau kai hēmerau ergazerōtois pros tem mē epibarara tinon vu kērussana eis vin tem euangeliem tou theou.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.
mochtho“labor”to, fordative singular2×
2 Corinthians 11:27“hardship”kopo kai mochtho, en agrupniai pollakis, en limo kai dipse, en nēsteiai pollakis, en psuche kai gumnota;in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.
2 Thessalonians 3:8“labor”oude dōreōs arton esthiana para tinou, alla en kopo kai mochtho nuxau kai hēmerau ergazerōtois pros tem mē epibarara tinon vu;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.