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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 36 times in 35 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:13 - I gave you a land on which you had not labored and cities that you had not built, and you dwell in them. You eat the fruit of vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went. They turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:31 - They struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - and David strapped his sword over his armor. And he tried in vain to go, for he had not tested them. Then David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” So David put them off.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:2 - I will come upon him while he is weary and discouraged and throw him into a panic, and all the people who are with him will flee. I will strike down only the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - but the man who touches them
arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear,
and they are utterly consumed with fire.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:10 - He rose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clung to the sword. And the LORD brought about a great victory that day, and the men returned after him only to strip the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - He will give back the fruit of his toil
and will not swallow it down;
from the profit of his trading
he will get no enjoyment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - She deals cruelly with her young, as if they were not hers;
though her labor be in vain, yet she has no fear,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:3 - I am weary with my crying out;
my throat is parched.
My eyes grow dim
with waiting for my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1 - A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
Unless the LORD builds the house,
those who build it labor in vain.
Unless the LORD watches over the city,
the watchman stays awake in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:12 - When you walk, your step will not be hampered,
and if you run, you will not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - None is weary, none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
not a sandal strap broken;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - And when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself on the high place, when he comes to his sanctuary to pray, he will not prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:4 - For though his officials are at Zoan
and his envoys reach Hanes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 - The Egyptians are man, and not God,
and their horses are flesh, and not spirit.
When the LORD stretches out his hand,
the helper will stumble, and he who is helped will fall,
and they will all perish together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:24 - And no inhabitant will say, “I am sick”;
the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 - Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:22 - “Yet you did not call upon me, O Jacob;
but you have been weary of me, O Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - Thus says the LORD:
“The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush,
and the Sabeans, men of stature,
shall come over to you and be yours;
they shall follow you;
they shall come over in chains and bow down to you.
They will plead with you, saying:
‘Surely God is in you, and there is no other,
no god besides him.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel bows down; Nebo stoops;
their idols are on beasts and livestock;
these things you carry are borne
as burdens on weary beasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 - You are wearied with your many counsels;
let them stand forth and save you,
those who divide the heavens,
who gaze at the stars,
who at the new moons make known
what shall come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - Such to you are those with whom you have labored,
who have done business with you from your youth;
they wander about, each in his own direction;
there is no one to save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - But I said, “I have labored in vain;
I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the LORD,
and my recompense with my God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10 - You were wearied with the length of your way,
but you did not say, “It is hopeless”;
you found new life for your strength,
and so you were not faint.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - who led them through the depths?
Like a horse in the desert,
they did not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 - They shall not labor in vain
or bear children for calamity,[fn]
for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the LORD,
and their descendants with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - a wild donkey used to the wilderness,
in her heat sniffing the wind!
Who can restrain her lust?
None who seek her need weary themselves;
in her month they will find her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:16 - I have not run away from being your shepherd,
nor have I desired the day of sickness.
You know what came out of my lips;
it was before your face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - “Thus says the LORD of hosts:
The broad wall of Babylon
shall be leveled to the ground,
and her high gates
shall be burned with fire.
The peoples labor for nothing,
and the nations weary themselves only for fire.”
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