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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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All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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 - “And why G5101 are you worried G3309 about G4012 clothing G1742? Notice G2648 how G4459 the lilies G2918 of the field G68 grow G837; they do not labor G2872 nor G3761 do they spin G3514 thread for cloth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:28 -

“Come G1205 to Me, all G3956 [fn]who are weary G2872 and burdened G5412, and I will give G373 you rest G373.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:5 - Simon G4613 responded G611 and said G3004, “Master G1988, we worked G2872 hard G2872 all G3650 night G3571 and caught G2983 nothing G3762, but [fn]I will do as You say G4487 and let G5465 down G5465 the nets G1350.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27 - “Consider G2657 the lilies G2918, how G4459 they grow G837: they neither G3777 labor G2872 nor G3777 [fn]spin G3514; but I tell G3004 you, not even G3761 Solomon G4672 in all G3956 his glory G1391 clothed G4016 himself like G5613 one G1520 of these G3778.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:6 - and Jacob’s G2384 well G4077 was there G1563. So G3767 Jesus G2424, tired G2872 from His journey G3597, was just G3779 sitting G2516 by the well G4077. It was about G5613 [fn]the sixth G1623 hour G5610.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38 - “I sent G649 you to reap G2325 that for which G3739 you have not labored G2872; others G243 have labored G2872, and you have [fn]come G1525 into G1525 their labor G2873.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - “In everything G3956 I showed G5263 you that by working G2872 hard G2872 in G3779 this G3779 way G3779 you must G1163 help G482 the weak G770 and remember G3421 the words G3056 of the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424, that He Himself G846 said G3004, ‘It is more G3123 blessed G3107 to give G1325 than G2228 to receive G2983.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:6 - Greet G782 Mary G3137, who G3748 has worked G2872 hard G4183 for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:12 - Greet G782 Tryphaena G5170 and Tryphosa G5173, workers G2872 in the Lord G2962. Greet G782 Persis G4069 the beloved G27, who G3748 has worked G2872 hard G4183 in the Lord G2962.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - and we labor G2872, working G2038 with our own G2398 hands G5495; when we are verbally G3058 abused G3058, we bless G2127; when we are persecuted G1377, we endure G430 it;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:10 - But by the grace G5485 of God G2316 I am G1510 what G3739 I am G1510, and His grace G5485 toward G1519 me did not prove G1096 vain G2756; but I labored G2872 even G4053 more G4053 than all G3956 of them, yet G1161 not I, but the grace G5485 of God G2316 with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:16 - I urge that you also G2532 be G5293 subject G5293 to such G5108 as G5108 these G5108 and to everyone G3956 who helps G4903 in G4903 the G4903 work G4903 and labors G2872.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:11 - I fear G5399 for you, that perhaps G4458 I have labored G2872 [fn]over G1519 you in vain G1500.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28 - The one who steals G2813 must no G3371 longer G3371 steal G2813; but rather G3123 he must labor G2872, producing G2038 with his own G2398 hands G5495 what G18 is G18 good G18, so G2443 that G2443 he will have G2192 something to share G3330 with the one who has G2192 need G5532.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16 - holding G1907 firmly G1907 the word G3056 of life G2222, so G1519 that G1519 on the day G2250 of Christ G5547 I can take pride G2745 because G3754 I did not run G5143 in vain G2756 nor G3761 labor G2872 in vain G2756.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:29 - For this G3739 purpose I also G2532 labor G2872, striving G75 according G2596 to His [fn]power G1753 which [fn]works G1754 mightily G1411 within G1722 me.

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But we ask G2065 you, brothers G80 and sisters, to recognize G6063 those G3588 who diligently G2872 labor G2872 among G1722 you and [fn]are G4291 in G4291 leadership G4291 over G4291 you in the Lord G2962, and give G3560 you [fn]instruction G3560,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:10 - For it is for this G3778 we labor G2872 and strive G75, because G3754 we have set G1679 our hope G1679 on the living G2198 God G2316, who G3739 is the Savior G4990 of all G3956 mankind G444, especially G3122 of believers G4103.

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The elders G4245 who lead G4291 well G2573 are to be considered G515 worthy G515 of double G1362 honor G5092, especially G3122 those G3588 who work G2872 hard G2872 [fn]at preaching G3056 and teaching G1319.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:6 - The hard-working G2872 farmer G1092 ought G1163 to be the first G4413 to receive G3335 his share G3335 of the crops G2590.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:3 - and you have G2192 [fn]perseverance G5281 and have endured G941 on G1223 account G1223 of G1223 My name G3686, and have not become G2872 weary G2872.
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