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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:28 - And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:28 - Come to me, all who 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, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your 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 neither toil nor spin,[fn] yet I tell 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 - Jacob’s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:38 - I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how 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 - Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 16:12 - Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:12 - and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when 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 toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:16 - be subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:11 - I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:28 - Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16 - holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:29 - For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:12 - We ask you, brothers, to respect those who 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 toil and strive,[fn] because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:17

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:6 - It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:3 - I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary.
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