Lexicon :: Strong's G2872 - kopiaō

“They met you along the way and attacked all your stragglers from behind when you were tired and weary. They did not fear God.

“I gave you a land you did not labor for, and cities you did not build, though you live in them; you are eating from vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.’

The cows went straight up the road to Beth-shemesh. They stayed on that one highway, lowing as they went; they never strayed to the right or to the left. The Philistine rulers were walking behind them to the territory of Beth-shemesh.

The Israelites struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash all the way to Aijalon. Since the Israelites were completely exhausted,

David strapped his sword on over the military clothes and tried to walk, but he was not used to them. “I can’t walk in these,” David said to Saul, “I’m not used to them.” So David took them off.

“I will attack him while he is weary and discouraged,[fn] throw him into a panic, and all the people with him will scatter. I will strike down only the king

The man who touches them

must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear.

They will be completely burned up on the spot.

but Eleazar stood his ground and attacked the Philistines until his hand was tired and stuck to his sword. The LORD brought about a great victory that day. Then the troops came back to him, but only to plunder the dead.

His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die! ”

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it;

he doesn’t enjoy the profits from his trading.

She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,

with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.

I am weary from my groaning;

with my tears I dampen my bed

and drench my couch every night.

I am weary from my crying;

my throat is parched.

My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Unless the LORD builds a house,

its builders labor over it in vain;

unless the LORD watches over a city,

the watchman stays alert in vain.

When you walk, your steps will not be hindered;

when you run, you will not stumble.

None of them grows weary or stumbles;

no one slumbers or sleeps.

No belt is loose

and no sandal strap broken.

When Moab appears

and tires himself out on the high place

and comes to his sanctuary to pray,

it will do him no good.

For though his[fn] princes are at Zoan

and his messengers reach as far as Hanes,

Egyptians are men, not God;

their horses are flesh, not spirit.

When the LORD raises his hand to strike,

the helper will stumble

and the one who is helped will fall;

both will perish together.

and none there will say, “I am sick.”

The people who dwell there

will be forgiven their iniquity.

Do you not know?

Have you not heard?

The LORD is the everlasting God,

the Creator of the whole earth.

He never becomes faint or weary;

there is no limit to his understanding.

Youths may become faint and weary,

and young men stumble and fall,

“But, Jacob, you have not called on me,

because, Israel, you have become weary of me.

This is what the LORD says:

“The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush

and the Sabeans, men of stature,

will come over to you

and will be yours;

they will follow you,

they will come over in chains

and bow down to you.

They will confess[fn] to you,

‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other;

there is no other God.’ ”

Bel crouches; Nebo cowers.

Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle.

The images you carry are loaded,

as a burden for the weary animal.

“You are worn out with your many consultations.

So let the astrologers stand and save you —

those who observe the stars,

those who predict monthly

what will happen to you.

“This is what they are to you —

those who have wearied you

and have traded with you from your youth —

each wanders on his own way;

no one can save you.

But I myself said: I have labored in vain,

I have spent my strength for nothing and futility;

yet my vindication is with the LORD,

and my reward is with my God.

You became weary on your many journeys,

but you did not say, “It’s hopeless! ”

You found a renewal of your strength;[fn]

therefore you did not grow weak.

and led them through the depths

like a horse in the wilderness,

so that they did not stumble.

“They will not labor without success

or bear children destined for disaster,

for they will be a people blessed by the LORD

along with their descendants.

a wild donkey at home[fn] in the wilderness.

She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire.

Who can control her passion?

All who look for her will not become weary;

they will find her in her mating season.[fn]

But I have not run away from being your shepherd,

and I have not longed for the fatal day.

You know my words were spoken in your presence.

This is what the LORD of Armies says:

Babylon’s thick walls will be totally demolished,

and her high gates set ablaze.

The peoples will have labored for nothing;

the nations will weary themselves only to feed the fire.