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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 23 times in 21 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - And why are ye anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:28 - Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:5 - And Simon answered and said, Master, we toiled all night, and took nothing: but at thy word I will let down the nets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27 - Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:6 - and Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38 - I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to 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 Box Rom 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:6 - Salute Mary, who bestowed much labor on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:12 - Salute Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute Persis the beloved, who labored much in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:10 - But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:16 - that ye also be in subjection unto such, and to every one that helpeth in the work and laboreth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:11 - I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28 - Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16 - holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:29 - whereunto I labor also, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:12 - But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:10 - For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:17 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:6 - The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:3 - and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name’s sake, and hast not grown weary.
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