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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)
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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 23 times in 21 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:28 - Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:5 - Simon answered, "Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will lower the nets."

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27 - Consider how the flowers grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:6 - Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside the well. It was about noon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38 - I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor."

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:6 - Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:12 - Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, laborers in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

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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 to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them - yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:16 - also to submit to people like this, and to everyone who cooperates in the work and labors hard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:11 - I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28 - The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16 - by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:29 - Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:12 - Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:10 - In fact this is why we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:17 - Elders who provide effective leadership must be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:6 - The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:3 - I am also aware that you have persisted steadfastly, endured much for the sake of my name, and have not grown weary.
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