μοχθέω
toil, labor
Where this word appears
Every passage where μοχθέω appears in the Greek Septuagint — 15 occurrences in all. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text is shown in the LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Ecclesiastes 1:3 μοχθέω What advantage is there to a man in all his labor that he takes under the sun?
- Ecclesiastes 2:11 μοχθέω And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labor which I laboured to perform: and behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 2:18 μοχθέω 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 μοχθέω 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 laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 2:20 μοχθέω so I went about to dismiss from my heart all my labor wherein I had laboured under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 2:21 μοχθέω 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 laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.
- Ecclesiastes 2:22 μοχθέω For it happens to a man in all his labor, and in the purpose of his heart wherein he labors under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 3:9 μοχθέω What advantage has he that works in those things wherein he labors?
- Ecclesiastes 4:8 μοχθέω There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, 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 5:15 μοχθέω And this is also an evil infirmity: for as he came, so also shall he return: and what is his gain, for which he vainly labors?
- Ecclesiastes 5:17 μοχθέω 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 8:17 μοχθέω And I saw all the works of God, that a man shall not be able to discover the work which is wrought under the sun; whatever things a man shall endeavor to seek, however a man may labor to seek it, yet he shall not find it; yes, how much soever a wise man may speak of knowing it, he shall not be able to find it: for I applied all this to my heart, and my heart has seen all this.
- Ecclesiastes 9:9 μοχθέω And see life with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which are given you under the sun: for that is your portion in your life, and in your labor wherein you labor under the sun.
- Isaiah 62:8 μοχθέω For the Lord has sworn by his glory, and by the might of his arm, I will no more give your corn and your provisions to your enemies; nor shall strangers any more drink your wine, for which you have laboured.
- Lamentations 3:5 μοχθέω BETH. He has built against me, and compassed my head, and brought travail upon me.
About this word
About this word
μοχθέω (mochthéō), “toil, labor,” is a word from the Greek Septuagint — the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament. It does not occur in the Greek New Testament, so it carries no Strong’s number from Thayer’s (New-Testament) lexicon; the gloss shown here is a curated modern-English sense rather than a Strong’s definition. It appears 15 times across the Septuagint — open the Appearances tab to read it in context.
The gloss above is Lemma’s own curated sense — this word carries no Strong’s number, so no lexicon we ship has an entry for it. The transliteration and this passage list are computed here from the tagged Septuagint text. What Lemma adds →