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Strong's G3449 μόχθος (mochthos)

Mochthos means “painfulness” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3449 — yishshiah (“Jishshijah”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3449
Language Greek
Linked Usages 41
Books 14

Strong's G3449 Quick Answer

Strong's G3449 μόχθος (mochthos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mochthos (mokh'-thos) n. 1. toil 2. (by implication) sadness It has 41 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include travail and painfulness. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
mochthos (mokh'-thos) n. 1. toil 2. (by implication) sadness
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
travail and painfulness

Meaning and Definition

mochthos (mokh'-thos) n. 1. toil 2. (by implication) sadness [from the base of G3425] KJV: painfulness, travail Root(s): G3425

Original Word
μόχθος
Transliteration
mochthos
Derivation
Root: μόγις R1: 3425
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3449. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

toil

Usage: 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)

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How Strong's G3449 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mochthos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

travail 1 Thessalonians 2:9 painfulness 2 Corinthians 11:27

How Strong's G3449 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 36 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3449 (μόχθος) appears 39 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3449 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3449 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

2 Corinthians 11:27 KJV

In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

1 Thessalonians 2:9 KJV

For 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 3:8 KJV

Neither 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:

Strong's G3449 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

36 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 18:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And Moses related to his father-in-law all things that the Lord did to Pharaoh and all the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the labor that had befallen them in the way, and that the Lord had rescued them out of the hand of Pharaoh, and out of the hand of the Egyptians.

Leviticus 25:43 Septuagint / Brenton

Thou shalt not oppress him with labor, and shalt fear the Lord thy God.

Leviticus 25:46 Septuagint / Brenton

And ye shall distribute them to your children after you, and they shall be to you permanent possessions forever: but of your brethren the children of Israel, one shall not oppress his brother in labors.

Strong's G3449 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Solomon 10:10 Septuagint / Brenton

When the righteous fled from his brother’s wrath, She guided him in right paths, showed him the kingdom of God, And gave him knowledge of holy things, Made him rich in his travails, And multiplied the fruit of his labors.

Wisdom of Solomon 17:16 Septuagint / Brenton

So then whosoever there fell down was straitly kept, Shut up in a prison without iron bars.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3449.

Exodus 18:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses related to his father-in-law all things that the Lord did to Pharaoh and all the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the labor that had befallen them in the way, and that the Lord had rescued them out of the hand of Pharaoh, and out of the hand of the Egyptians.
Leviticus 25:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not oppress him with labor, and shalt fear the Lord thy God.
Leviticus 25:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall distribute them to your children after you, and they shall be to you permanent possessions forever: but of your brethren the children of Israel, one shall not oppress his brother in labors.
Leviticus 25:53 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
as a hireling; he shall be with him from year to year; thou shalt not oppress him with labor before thee.
Numbers 20:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says thy brother Israel; Thou knowest all the distress that has come upon us.
Numbers 23:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There shall not be trouble in Jacob, Neither shall sorrow be seen in Israel: The Lord his God is with him, The glories of rulers are in him.
Deuteronomy 26:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and we cried to the Lord our God, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our humiliation, and our labor, and our affliction.
Nehemiah 9:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
Ecclesiastes 1:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What advantage is there to a man In all his labor that he takes under the sun?
Ecclesiastes 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whatever mine eyes desired, I withheld not from them, I withheld not my heart From all my mirth: For my heart rejoiced in all my labor; And this was my portion Of all my labor.
Ecclesiastes 2:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I looked on all my works Which my hands had wrought, And on my labor which I labored to perform: And, behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, And there is no advantage under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I hated the whole of my labor Which I took under the sun; Because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.
Ecclesiastes 2:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? And whether he will have power over all my labor In which I labored, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 2:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So I went about to dismiss from my heart All my labor wherein I had labored under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For there is such a man that his labor Is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; Yet this man shall give his portion To one who has not labored therein. This is also vanity and great evil.
Ecclesiastes 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For it happens to a man in all his labor, And in the purpose of his heart Wherein he labors under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A man has nothing really good To eat, and to drink, and to show his soul As good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also in the case of every man who shall eat and drink, And see good in all his labor, This is a gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I saw all labor, And all the diligent work, That this is a man’s envy from his neighbor. This is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Better is a handful of rest Than two handfuls of trouble And waywardness of spirit.
Ecclesiastes 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is one alone, and there is not a second; Yea, he has neither son nor brother: Yet there is no end to all his labor; Neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; And for whom do I labor, And deprive my soul of good? This is also vanity, And an evil trouble.
Ecclesiastes 4:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Two are better than one, Seeing they have a good reward for their labor.
Ecclesiastes 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
As he came forth naked from his mother’s womb, He shall return back as he came, And he shall receive nothing for his labor, That it should go with him in his hand.
Ecclesiastes 5:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing for a man To eat and to drink, And to see good In all his labor in Which he may labor under the sun, All the number of the days of his life Which God has given to him: For it is his portion.
Ecclesiastes 5:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given Wealth and possessions, and has given him Power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, And to rejoice in his labor; This is the gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All the labor of a man is for his mouth, And yet the appetite shall not be satisfied.
Ecclesiastes 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I praised mirth, Because there is no good for a man under the sun, But to eat, and drink, and be merry: And this shall attend him In his labor all the days of his life, Which God has given him under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And see life with the wife whom thou lovest All the days of the life of thy vanity, Which are given thee under the sun: For that is thy portion in thy life, And in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 10:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The labor of fools will afflict them, As that of one who knows not to go to the city.
Isaiah 55:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wherefore do ye value at the price of money, and give your labor for that which will not satisfy? hearken to me, and ye shall eat that which is good, and your soul shall feast itself on good things.
Isaiah 61:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I am the Lord who love righteousness, and hate robberies of injustice; and I will give their labor to the just, and will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Jeremiah 3:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But shame has consumed the labors of our fathers from our youth; their sheep and their calves, and their sons and their daughters.
Jeremiah 28:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My troubles and my distresses have driven me out into Babylon, shall she that dwells in Zion say; and my blood shall be upon the Chaldeans dwelling there, shall Jerusalem say.
Lamentations 3:65 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou wilt give them as a covering, The grief of my heart.
Ezekiel 23:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take all the fruits of thy labors and thy toils, and thou shalt be naked and bare: and the shame of thy fornication shall be exposed: and thy ungodliness and thy fornication
Ezekiel 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The weak one ye have not strengthened, and the sick ye have not cherished, and the bruised ye have not bound up, and the stray one ye have not turned back, and the lost ye have not sought; and the strong ye have wearied with labor.
2 Corinthians 11:27 New Testament, KJV
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
1 Thessalonians 2:9 New Testament, KJV
For 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 3:8 New Testament, KJV
Neither 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:
Wisdom of Solomon 10:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When the righteous fled from his brother’s wrath, She guided him in right paths, showed him the kingdom of God, And gave him knowledge of holy things, Made him rich in his travails, And multiplied the fruit of his labors.
Wisdom of Solomon 17:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So then whosoever there fell down was straitly kept, Shut up in a prison without iron bars.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3449, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 21 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 1 usage, New Testament
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3449 FAQ

What does mochthos (μόχθος) mean?

Mochthos (Strong's G3449) is a Greek word most simply glossed "painfulness". mochthos (mokh'-thos) n. 1. toil 2. (by implication) sadness

How many times is mochthos (μόχθος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's G3449 across 14 books.

Where can I study mochthos (μόχθος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3449 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate mochthos (μόχθος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as travail and painfulness. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3449 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 36 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3449, with linked reader references where each row is available.