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Lexicon :: Strong's G2872 - kopiaō

Aa
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)
Dictionary Aids

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 23 times in 21 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - And why are you troubled about clothing? See the flowers of the field, how they come up; they do no work, they make no thread:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:28 - Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:5 - And Simon, answering, said, Master, we were working all night and we took nothing: but at your word I will let down the nets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27 - Give thought to the flowers: they do no work, they make no thread; and still I say to you, Even Solomon, in all his glory, was not clothed like one of these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:6 - Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38 - I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:6 - Give my love to Mary, who gave much care to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:12 - Give my love to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Give my love to my dear Persis, who did much work in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:10 - But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:16 - That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:11 - I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28 - Let him who was a thief be so no longer, but let him do good work with his hands, so that he may have something to give to him who is in need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16 - Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:29 - And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:12 - But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:10 - And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:17 - Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:6 - It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:3 - And you have the power of waiting, and have undergone trouble because of my name, without weariness.
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