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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)
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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - καὶ περὶ ἐνδύματος τί μεριμνᾶτε; καταμάθετε τὰ κρίνα τοῦ ἀγροῦ πῶς αὐξάνει· οὐ κοπιᾷ, G2872 οὐδὲ νήθει·

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:28 - Δεῦτε πρός με πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες G2872 καὶ πεφορτισμένοι κἀγὼ ἀναπαύσω ὑμᾶς

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:5

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27 - κατανοήσατε τὰ κρίνα πῶς αὐξάνει· οὐ κοπιᾷ G2872 οὐδὲ νήθει· λέγω δὲ ὑμῖν οὐδὲ Σολομὼν ἐν πάσῃ τῇ δόξῃ αὐτοῦ περιεβάλετο ὡς ἓν τούτων

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:6 - ἦν δὲ ἐκεῖ πηγὴ τοῦ Ἰακώβ ὁ οὖν Ἰησοῦς κεκοπιακὼς G2872 ἐκ τῆς ὁδοιπορίας ἐκαθέζετο οὕτως ἐπὶ τῇ πηγῇ· ὥρα ἦν ὡσεὶ ἕκτη

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38 - ἐγὼ ἀπέστειλα ὑμᾶς θερίζειν ὃ οὐχ ὑμεῖς κεκοπιάκατε· G2872 ἄλλοι κεκοπιάκασιν G2872 καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸν κόπον αὐτῶν εἰσεληλύθατε

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - πάντα ὑπέδειξα ὑμῖν ὅτι οὕτως κοπιῶντας G2872 δεῖ ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι τῶν ἀσθενούντων μνημονεύειν τε τῶν λόγων τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπεν Μακάριόν ἐστιν διδόναι μᾶλλον ἢ λαμβάνειν

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:6 - ἀσπάσασθε Μαρίαμ, ἥτις πολλὰ ἐκοπίασεν G2872 εἰς ἡμᾶς

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:12 - ἀσπάσασθε Τρύφαιναν καὶ Τρυφῶσαν τὰς κοπιώσας G2872 ἐν κυρίῳ ἀσπάσασθε Περσίδα τὴν ἀγαπητήν ἥτις πολλὰ ἐκοπίασεν G2872 ἐν κυρίῳ

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - καὶ κοπιῶμεν G2872 ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσίν· λοιδορούμενοι εὐλογοῦμεν διωκόμενοι ἀνεχόμεθα

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:10 - χάριτι δὲ θεοῦ εἰμι ὅ εἰμι καὶ ἡ χάρις αὐτοῦ ἡ εἰς ἐμὲ οὐ κενὴ ἐγενήθη ἀλλὰ περισσότερον αὐτῶν πάντων ἐκοπίασα G2872 οὐκ ἐγὼ δὲ ἀλλ᾽ ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ σὺν ἐμοί

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:16 - ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς ὑποτάσσησθε τοῖς τοιούτοις καὶ παντὶ τῷ συνεργοῦντι καὶ κοπιῶντι G2872

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:11 - φοβοῦμαι ὑμᾶς μήπως εἰκῇ κεκοπίακα G2872 εἰς ὑμᾶς

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28 - ὁ κλέπτων μηκέτι κλεπτέτω μᾶλλον δὲ κοπιάτω G2872 ἐργαζόμενος τὸ ἀγαθόν ταῖς χερσὶν ἵνα ἔχῃ μεταδιδόναι τῷ χρείαν ἔχοντι

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16 - λόγον ζωῆς ἐπέχοντες εἰς καύχημα ἐμοὶ εἰς ἡμέραν Χριστοῦ ὅτι οὐκ εἰς κενὸν ἔδραμον οὐδὲ εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασα G2872

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:29 - εἰς ὃ καὶ κοπιῶ G2872 ἀγωνιζόμενος κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐνεργουμένην ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐν δυνάμει

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:12 - Ἐρωτῶμεν δὲ ὑμᾶς ἀδελφοί εἰδέναι τοὺς κοπιῶντας G2872 ἐν ὑμῖν καὶ προϊσταμένους ὑμῶν ἐν κυρίῳ καὶ νουθετοῦντας ὑμᾶς

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:10 - εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ κοπιῶμεν G2872 καὶ ὀνειδιζόμεθα, ὅτι ἠλπίκαμεν ἐπὶ θεῷ ζῶντι ὅς ἐστιν σωτὴρ πάντων ἀνθρώπων μάλιστα πιστῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:17 - Οἱ καλῶς προεστῶτες πρεσβύτεροι διπλῆς τιμῆς ἀξιούσθωσαν μάλιστα οἱ κοπιῶντες G2872 ἐν λόγῳ καὶ διδασκαλίᾳ

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:6 - τὸν κοπιῶντα G2872 γεωργὸν δεῖ πρῶτον τῶν καρπῶν μεταλαμβάνειν

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:3 - καὶ ἐβάστασας καὶ ὑπομονὴν ἔχεις καὶ διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου κεκοπίακας G2872 καὶ οὐ κέκμηκας
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