μόχθος
mochthos · hardship, toil
Greek word · Strong’s number G3449 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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mochthos (μόχθος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “hardship, toil”.
Hardship, hard and wearying work.
How to say it
moch·thos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Hard, exhausting effort.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Corinthians 11:27
in labor and toil, in sleepless nights often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:9
For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: working night and day so as not to burden any of you, we proclaimed to you the good news of God.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8
nor did we eat anyone’s bread free of charge, but with labor and toil we worked night and day so as not to burden any of you;