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Lexicon :: Strong's G2872 - kopiaō

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κοπιάω
Transliteration
kopiaō (Key)
Pronunciation
kop-ee-ah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of κόπος (G2873)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:827,453

Strong’s Definitions

κοπιάω kopiáō, kop-ee-ah'-o; from a derivative of G2873; to feel fatigue; by implication, to work hard:—(bestow) labour, toil, be wearied.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G2872 in the following manner: labour (16x), bestow labour (3x), toil (3x), be wearied (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G2872 in the following manner: labour (16x), bestow labour (3x), toil (3x), be wearied (1x).

  1. to grow weary, tired, exhausted (with toil or burdens or grief)

  2. to labour with wearisome effort, to toil

    1. of bodily labour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κοπιάω kopiáō, kop-ee-ah'-o; from a derivative of G2873; to feel fatigue; by implication, to work hard:—(bestow) labour, toil, be wearied.
STRONGS G2872:
κοπιάω, κοπιῶ (3 person plural κοπιουσιν (for κοπιῶσιν), Matthew 6:28 Tr; cf. ἐρωτάω, at the beginning); 1 aorist ἐκοπίασα; perfect κεκοπίακα (2 person singular κεκοπίακες, Revelation 2:3 L T Tr WH, cf. (Winers Grammar, § 13, 2 c.); Buttmann, 43 (38) (and his translation of Apollonius Dyscolus, p. 54 n.; Tdf. Proleg., p. 123; WHs Appendix, p. 166; Sophocles' Lexicon, p. 39)); (κόπος, which see);
1. as in Aristophanes, Josephus, Plutarch, others, to grow weary, tired, exhausted, (with toil or burdens or grief): Matthew 11:28; Revelation 2:3; κεκοπιακώς ἐκ τῆς ὁδοιπορίας, John 4:6 (ὑπό τῆς ὁδοιπορίας,Josephus, Antiquities 2, 15, 3; δραμοῦνται καί οὐ κοπιασουσι, Isaiah 40:31).
2. in Biblical Greek alone, to labor with wearisome effort, to toil (the Sept. for יָגַע ); of bodily labor: absolutely, Matthew 6:28; Luke 5:5; Luke 12:27 (not Tdf.); John 4:38; Acts 20:35; 1 Corinthians 4:12; Ephesians 4:28; 2 Timothy 2:6 (cf. Winers Grammar, 556 (517); Buttmann, 390 (334)); τί, upon a thing, John 4:38. of the toilsome efforts of teachers in proclaiming and promoting the kingdom of God and Christ: 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 16:16 (cf. John 4:38); followed by ἐν with the dative of the thing in which one labors, ἐν λόγῳ καί διδασκαλία, 1 Timothy 5:17; ἐν ὑμῖν,among you, 1 Thessalonians 5:12; ἐν κυρίῳ (see ἐν, I. 6 b., p. 211b middle (L brackets the clause)), Romans 16:12; εἰς τινα, for one, for his benefit, Romans 16:6; Galatians 4:11 (cf. Buttmann, 242 (200); Winer's Grammar, 503 (469)); εἰς τοῦτο, looking to this (viz. that piety has the promise of life), 1 Timothy 4:10; εἰς ὁ, to which end, Colossians 1:29; εἰς κενόν, in vain, Philippians 2:16 (κενῶς ἐκοπίασα, of the frustrated labor of the prophets, Isaiah 49:4).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
40:31; 49:4
Matthew
6:28; 6:28; 11:28
Luke
5:5; 12:27
John
4:6; 4:38; 4:38; 4:38
Acts
20:35
Romans
16:6; 16:12
1 Corinthians
4:12; 15:10; 16:16
Galatians
4:11
Ephesians
4:28
Philippians
2:16
Colossians
1:29
1 Thessalonians
5:12
1 Timothy
4:10; 5:17
2 Timothy
2:6
Revelation
2:3; 2:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2872 matches the Greek κοπιάω (kopiaō),
which occurs 36 times in 35 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - πῶς ἀντέστη σοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ καὶ ἔκοψέν σου τὴν οὐραγίαν τοὺς κοπιῶντας G2872 ὀπίσω σου σὺ δὲ ἐπείνας καὶ ἐκοπίας G2872 καὶ οὐκ ἐφοβήθη τὸν θεόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:13 - καὶ ἔδωκεν ὑμῖν γῆν ἐφ᾽ ἣν οὐκ ἐκοπιάσατε G2872 ἐπ᾽ αὐτῆς καὶ πόλεις ἃς οὐκ ᾠκοδομήσατε καὶ κατῳκίσθητε ἐν αὐταῖς καὶ ἀμπελῶνας καὶ ἐλαιῶνας οὓς οὐκ ἐφυτεύσατε ὑμεῖς ἔδεσθε

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - καὶ κατεύθυναν αἱ βόες ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἰς ὁδὸν Βαιθσαμυς ἐν τρίβῳ ἑνὶ ἐπορεύοντο καὶ ἐκοπίων G2872 καὶ οὐ μεθίσταντο δεξιὰ οὐδὲ ἀριστερά καὶ οἱ σατράπαι τῶν ἀλλοφύλων ἐπορεύοντο ὀπίσω αὐτῆς ἕως ὁρίων Βαιθσαμυς

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:31 - καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἐκ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων ἐν Μαχεμας καὶ ἐκοπίασεν G2872 ὁ λαὸς σφόδρα

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - καὶ ἔζωσεν τὸν Δαυιδ τὴν ῥομφαίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπάνω τοῦ μανδύου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκοπίασεν G2872 περιπατήσας ἅπαξ καὶ δίς καὶ εἶπεν Δαυιδ πρὸς Σαουλ οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι πορευθῆναι ἐν τούτοις ὅτι οὐ πεπείραμαι καὶ ἀφαιροῦσιν αὐτὰ ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:2 - καὶ ἐπελεύσομαι ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν καὶ αὐτὸς κοπιῶν G2872 καὶ ἐκλελυμένος χερσίν καὶ ἐκστήσω αὐτόν καὶ φεύξεται πᾶς ὁ λαὸς ὁ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ πατάξω τὸν βασιλέα μονώτατον

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - καὶ ἀνὴρ οὐ κοπιάσει G2872 ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ πλῆρες σιδήρου καὶ ξύλον δόρατος καὶ ἐν πυρὶ καύσει καυθήσονται αἰσχύνῃ αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:10 - αὐτὸς ἀνέστη καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις ἕως οὗ ἐκοπίασεν G2872 ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ καὶ προσεκολλήθη ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὴν μάχαιραν καὶ ἐποίησεν κύριος σωτηρίαν μεγάλην ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ καὶ ὁ λαὸς ἐκάθητο ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ πλὴν ἐκδιδύσκειν

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - χρόνου δὲ πολλοῦ προβεβηκότος εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ μέχρι τίνος καρτερήσεις λέγων

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - (LXX 2:9a)ἰδοὺ ἀναμένω χρόνον ἔτι μικρὸν προσδεχόμενος τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆς σωτηρίας μου

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - (LXX 2:9b)ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἠφάνισταί σου τὸ μνημόσυνον ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρες ἐμῆς κοιλίας ὠδῖνες καὶ πόνοι οὓς εἰς τὸ κενὸν ἐκοπίασα G2872 μετὰ μόχθων

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - (LXX 2:9c)σύ τε αὐτὸς ἐν σαπρίᾳ σκωλήκων κάθησαι διανυκτερεύων αἴθριος

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - (LXX 2:9d)κἀγὼ πλανῆτις καὶ λάτρις τόπον ἐκ τόπου περιερχομένη καὶ οἰκίαν ἐξ οἰκίας προσδεχομένη τὸν ἥλιον πότε δύσεται ἵνα ἀναπαύσωμαι τῶν μόχθων καὶ τῶν ὀδυνῶν αἵ με νῦν συνέχουσιν

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - (LXX 2:9e)ἀλλὰ εἰπόν τι ῥῆμα εἰς κύριον καὶ τελεύτα

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - εἰς κενὰ καὶ μάταια ἐκοπίασεν G2872 πλοῦτον ἐξ οὗ οὐ γεύσεται ὥσπερ στρίφνος ἀμάσητος ἀκατάποτος

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - ἀπεσκλήρυνεν τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς ὥστε μὴ ἑαυτῇ εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασεν G2872 ἄνευ φόβου

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - (LXX 6:7)ἐκοπίασα G2872 ἐν τῷ στεναγμῷ μου λούσω καθ᾽ ἑκάστην νύκτα τὴν κλίνην μου ἐν δάκρυσίν μου τὴν στρωμνήν μου βρέξω

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:3 - (LXX 68:4)ἐκοπίασα G2872 κράζων ἐβραγχίασεν ὁ λάρυγξ μου ἐξέλιπον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλπίζειν ἐπὶ τὸν θεόν μου

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1 - (LXX 126:1)ᾠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν τῷ Σαλωμων ἐὰν μὴ κύριος οἰκοδομήσῃ οἶκον εἰς μάτην ἐκοπίασαν G2872 οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες αὐτόν ἐὰν μὴ κύριος φυλάξῃ πόλιν εἰς μάτην ἠγρύπνησεν ὁ φυλάσσων

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:12 - ἐὰν γὰρ πορεύῃ οὐ συγκλεισθήσεταί σου τὰ διαβήματα ἐὰν δὲ τρέχῃς οὐ κοπιάσεις G2872

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - οὐ πεινάσουσιν οὐδὲ κοπιάσουσιν G2872 οὐδὲ νυστάξουσιν οὐδὲ κοιμηθήσονται οὐδὲ λύσουσιν τὰς ζώνας αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτῶν οὐδὲ μὴ ῥαγῶσιν οἱ ἱμάντες τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - καὶ ἔσται εἰς τὸ ἐντραπῆναί σε ὅτι ἐκοπίασεν G2872 Μωαβ ἐπὶ τοῖς βωμοῖς καὶ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὰ χειροποίητα αὐτῆς ὥστε προσεύξασθαι καὶ οὐ μὴ δύνηται ἐξελέσθαι αὐτόν

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:4 - ὅτι εἰσὶν ἐν Τάνει ἀρχηγοὶ ἄγγελοι πονηροί μάτην κοπιάσουσιν G2872

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 - Αἰγύπτιον ἄνθρωπον καὶ οὐ θεόν ἵππων σάρκας καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν βοήθεια ὁ δὲ κύριος ἐπάξει τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς καὶ κοπιάσουσιν G2872 οἱ βοηθοῦντες καὶ ἅμα πάντες ἀπολοῦνται

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:24 - καὶ οὐ μὴ εἴπῃ κοπιῶ G2872 ὁ λαὸς ὁ ἐνοικῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀφέθη γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἡ ἁμαρτία

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - καὶ νῦν οὐκ ἔγνως εἰ μὴ ἤκουσας θεὸς αἰώνιος ὁ θεὸς ὁ κατασκευάσας τὰ ἄκρα τῆς γῆς οὐ πεινάσει οὐδὲ κοπιάσει G2872 οὐδὲ ἔστιν ἐξεύρεσις τῆς φρονήσεως αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 - πεινάσουσιν γὰρ νεώτεροι καὶ κοπιάσουσιν G2872 νεανίσκοι καὶ ἐκλεκτοὶ ἀνίσχυες ἔσονται

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - οἱ δὲ ὑπομένοντες τὸν θεὸν ἀλλάξουσιν ἰσχύν πτεροφυήσουσιν ὡς ἀετοί δραμοῦνται καὶ οὐ κοπιάσουσιν G2872 βαδιοῦνται καὶ οὐ πεινάσουσιν

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:22 - οὐ νῦν ἐκάλεσά σε Ιακωβ οὐδὲ κοπιᾶσαί G2872 σε ἐποίησα Ισραηλ

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - οὕτως λέγει κύριος σαβαωθ ἐκοπίασεν G2872 Αἴγυπτος καὶ ἐμπορία Αἰθιόπων καὶ οἱ Σεβωιν ἄνδρες ὑψηλοὶ ἐπὶ σὲ διαβήσονται καὶ σοὶ ἔσονται δοῦλοι καὶ ὀπίσω σου ἀκολουθήσουσιν δεδεμένοι χειροπέδαις καὶ προσκυνήσουσίν σοι καὶ ἐν σοὶ προσεύξονται ὅτι ἐν σοὶ ὁ θεός ἐστιν καὶ ἐροῦσιν οὐκ ἔστιν θεὸς πλὴν σοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - ἔπεσε Βηλ συνετρίβη Δαγων ἐγένετο τὰ γλυπτὰ αὐτῶν εἰς θηρία καὶ κτήνη αἴρετε αὐτὰ καταδεδεμένα ὡς φορτίον κοπιῶντι G2872

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 - κεκοπίακας G2872 ἐν ταῖς βουλαῖς σου στήτωσαν καὶ σωσάτωσάν σε οἱ ἀστρολόγοι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οἱ ὁρῶντες τοὺς ἀστέρας ἀναγγειλάτωσάν σοι τί μέλλει ἐπὶ σὲ ἔρχεσθαι

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - οὗτοι ἔσονταί σοι βοήθεια ἐκοπίασας G2872 ἐν τῇ μεταβολῇ σου ἐκ νεότητος ἄνθρωπος καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸν ἐπλανήθη σοὶ δὲ οὐκ ἔσται σωτηρία

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - καὶ ἐγὼ εἶπα κενῶς ἐκοπίασα G2872 καὶ εἰς μάταιον καὶ εἰς οὐδὲν ἔδωκα τὴν ἰσχύν μου διὰ τοῦτο ἡ κρίσις μου παρὰ κυρίῳ καὶ ὁ πόνος μου ἐναντίον τοῦ θεοῦ μου

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10 - ταῖς πολυοδίαις σου ἐκοπίασας G2872 καὶ οὐκ εἶπας παύσομαι ἐνισχύουσα ὅτι ἔπραξας ταῦτα διὰ τοῦτο οὐ κατεδεήθης μου

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - ἤγαγεν αὐτοὺς διὰ τῆς ἀβύσσου ὡς ἵππον δι᾽ ἐρήμου καὶ οὐκ ἐκοπίασαν G2872

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 - οἱ δὲ ἐκλεκτοί μου οὐ κοπιάσουσιν G2872 εἰς κενὸν οὐδὲ τεκνοποιήσουσιν εἰς κατάραν ὅτι σπέρμα ηὐλογημένον ὑπὸ θεοῦ ἐστιν καὶ τὰ ἔκγονα αὐτῶν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν ἔσονται

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - ἐπλάτυνεν ἐφ᾽ ὕδατα ἐρήμου ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις ψυχῆς αὐτῆς ἐπνευματοφορεῖτο παρεδόθη τίς ἐπιστρέψει αὐτήν πάντες οἱ ζητοῦντες αὐτὴν οὐ κοπιάσουσιν G2872 ἐν τῇ ταπεινώσει αὐτῆς εὑρήσουσιν αὐτήν

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:16 - ἐγὼ δὲ οὐκ ἐκοπίασα G2872 κατακολουθῶν ὀπίσω σου καὶ ἡμέραν ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἐπεθύμησα σὺ ἐπίστῃ τὰ ἐκπορευόμενα διὰ τῶν χειλέων μου πρὸ προσώπου σού ἐστιν

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - (LXX 28:58)τάδε λέγει κύριος τεῖχος Βαβυλῶνος ἐπλατύνθη κατασκαπτόμενον κατασκαφήσεται καὶ αἱ πύλαι αὐτῆς αἱ ὑψηλαὶ ἐμπυρισθήσονται καὶ οὐ κοπιάσουσιν G2872 λαοὶ εἰς κενόν καὶ ἔθνη ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐκλείψουσιν
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