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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 met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:13 - And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:31 - And they smote 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 girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:2 - And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:10 - He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:3 - I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1 - [[A Song of degrees for Solomon.]] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:12 - When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:4 - For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 - Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:24 - And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:30

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:22 - But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:14 - Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 - Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10 - Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 - They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:24 - A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:16 - As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.
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