εὐκοπώτεροςeukopṓteros
better for toil, i.e. more facile
Greek (New Testament) · G2123
Meanings
with easy labour, easy: compar., -ώτερόν ἐστι, with infinitive, Matthew 9:5, Mark 2:9, Luke 5:23; with acc et infinitive, Matthew 19:24, Mark 10:25, Luke 16:17, Luke 18:25.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 9:5 Is it easier to say ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up and walk’?
- Matthew 19:24 I’ll say it again—it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
- Mark 2:9 Is it easier to say to the paralyzed man ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk’?
- Mark 10:25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”
- Luke 5:23 Is it easier to say ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up and walk’?
- Luke 16:17 But that doesn’t mean that the law has lost its force. It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the smallest point of God’s law to be overturned.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.