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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 you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear when you were faint and weary; and he did not [fn]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 which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:12 - And the cows took the straight way in the [fn]direction of Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left. And the lords of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth-shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:39 - David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, “I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them.” And David took them [fn]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 [fn]exhausted and terrify him, so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king alone,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:7 - But the man who touches them
Must be [fn]armed with iron and the shaft of a spear,
And they will be completely burned with fire in their [fn]place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:10 - He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and [fn]clung to the sword, and the LORD brought about a great [fn]victory that day; and the people 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 returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - “She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor be in vain, she is [fn]unconcerned;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:6 - I am weary with my sighing;
Every night I make my bed swim,
I dissolve my couch with my tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:3 - I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched;
My 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 Ascents, of Solomon.
Unless the LORD builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the LORD guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:12 - When you walk, your steps will not be impeded;
And if you run, you will not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - No one in it is weary or stumbles,
None slumbers or sleeps;
Nor is the belt at its waist undone,
Nor its sandal strap broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:12 - So it will come about when Moab presents himself,
When he wearies himself upon his high place
And comes to his sanctuary to pray,
That he will not prevail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:4 - “For their princes are at Zoan
And their ambassadors arrive at 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 are flesh and not spirit;
So the LORD will stretch out His hand,
And he who helps will stumble
And he who is helped will fall,
And all of them will come to an end together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:24 - And no resident will say, “I am sick”;
The people who dwell [fn]there will be forgiven their iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth
Does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is inscrutable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 - Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - Yet those who [fn]wait for the LORD
Will gain new strength;
They will [fn]mount up with [fn]wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:22 - “Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob;
But you have become 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 [fn]products of Egypt and the merchandise of [fn]Cush
And the Sabeans, men of stature,
Will come over to you and will be yours;
They will walk behind you, they will come over in chains
And will bow down to you;
They will make supplication to you:
‘[fn]Surely, God is [fn]with you, and there is none else,
No other God.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle.
The things [fn]that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:13 - “You are wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and save you from what will come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:15 - “So have those become to you with whom you have labored,
Who have trafficked with you from your youth;
Each has wandered in his own [fn]way;
There is none to save you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - But I said, “I have toiled in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the LORD,
And My reward with My God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:10 - “You were tired out by the length of your road,
Yet you did not say, ‘It is hopeless.’
You found [fn]renewed strength,
Therefore you did not [fn]faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - Who led them through the depths?
Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 - “They will not labor in vain,
Or bear children for calamity;
For they are the [fn]offspring of those blessed by 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 accustomed to the wilderness,
That sniffs the wind in her passion.
In the time of her [fn]heat who can turn her away?
All who seek her will not become weary;
In her month they will find her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:16 - But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You,
Nor have I longed for the woeful day;
You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips
Was in Your presence.

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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 will be completely razed
And her high gates will be set on fire;
So the peoples will toil for nothing,
And the nations become exhausted only for fire.”
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