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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 careful about clothing? Observe with attention 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 to me, all ye who labour and are burdened, and *I* will give you rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:5 - And Simon answering said to him, Master, having laboured through the whole night we have taken nothing, but at thy word I will let down the net.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:27 - Consider the lilies how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I say unto you, Not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed as one of these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:6 - Now a fountain of Jacob's was there; Jesus therefore, being wearied with the way he had come, sat just as he was at the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38 - I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others have laboured, and ye have entered into their labours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - I have shewed you all things, that thus labouring we ought to come in aid of 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 Maria, who laboured much for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer it;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:10 - But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which was towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but 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* should also be subject to such, and to every one joined in the work and labouring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:11 - I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28 - Let the stealer steal no more, but rather let him toil, working what is honest with his hands, that he may have to distribute to him that has need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16 - holding forth the word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:29 - Whereunto also I toil, combating according to his working, which works in me in power.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:12 - But we beg you, brethren, to know those who labour among you, and take the lead among you in the Lord, and admonish you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:10 - for, for this we labour and suffer reproach, because we hope in a living God, who is preserver of all men, specially of those that believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:17 - Let the elders who take the lead among the saints well be esteemed worthy of double honour, specially those labouring in word and teaching;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:6 - The husbandman must labour before partaking of the fruits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:3 - and endurest, and hast borne for my name's sake, and hast not wearied:
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