Strong G2872κοπιάω

to labor

Transliteration
kopiaō
Pronunciation
kop-ee-ah'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From a derivative of G2873; to feel fatigue; by implication to work hard: - (bestow) labour toil be wearied.

Detailed definition

κοπιάω, -ῶ
(κόπος), [in LXX chiefly for יָגַע;]
1. (as in cl.) to grow weary: Mat.11:28, Jhn.4:6, Rev.2:3 (cf. Isa.40:31).

2. Hence, in LXX and NT, to work with effort, to toil: absol., Mat.6:23, Luk.5:5 12:27, Jhn.4:38, Act.20:35, 1Co.4:12, Eph.4:28, 2Ti.2:5; with accusative of thing(s), Jhn.4:38; frequently in Paul. Epp., of ministerial labour: 1Co.15:10 16:16; before ἐν, Rom.16:12, 1Th.5:12 (see M, Th., in l), 1Ti.5:17; εἰς, Rom.16:6, Gal.4:11, Php.2:16, Col.1:29, 1Ti.4:10.†
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In the Bible

Strong G2872 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • labour16
  • bestow3
  • toil3
  • laboureth2
  • i1
  • let1
  • we1
  • weary1

First verses

  1. Matthew 6:28
    And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
  2. Matthew 11:28
    Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
  3. Luke 5:5
    And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
  4. Luke 12:27
    Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
  5. John 4:6
    Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
  6. John 4:38
    I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
  7. Acts 20:35
    I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
  8. Romans 16:6
    Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.
  9. Romans 16:12
    Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
  10. 1 Corinthians 4:12
    And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
  11. 1 Corinthians 15:10
    But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  12. 1 Corinthians 16:16
    That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
  13. Galatians 4:11
    I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
  14. Ephesians 4:28
    Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
  15. Philippians 2:16
    Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
  16. Colossians 1:29
    Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
  17. 1 Thessalonians 5:12
    And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
  18. 1 Timothy 4:10
    For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
  19. 1 Timothy 5:17
    Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
  20. 2 Timothy 2:6
    The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κοπ-ιάω,
future -άσω [ᾱ]: aorist ἐκοπίᾱσα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Φάσμα” 36)]: perfect κεκοπίᾱκα [NT (NT.Rev.2.3)]: (κόπος):—to be tired, grow weary, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 795, “fragment” 318.8, LXX.Deu.25.18, +others; κ. τὰ σκέλη 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 147)], Men.[same place]; κ. ὑπὸ ἀγαθῶν to be weary of good things, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 735; ἐκ τῆς ὁδοιπορίας NT.John.4.6; τῇ διανοίᾳ 3rd c.BC: Erasistratus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ ἐθῶν - Scripta Minora” 1)]: with participle, κ. ὀρχούμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 602; ζῶν “Anthologia Graeca” 12.46 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus); μὴ κοπιάτω φιλοσοφῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.59U., compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.185e:)]aorist participle κοπιάσας, defunctus laboribus, [Refs (Inscriptiones Graecae 14.1811)]:—middle in active sense, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 881a14.)]
II work hard, toil, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Matt.6.28, etc.; μεθ᾽ ἡδονῆς κ. 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 266.6; εἴς τι NT.1Tim.4.10, cf. NT.Rom.16.6; ἔν τινι NT.1Tim.5.17; ἐπί τι LXX.Josh.24.13)]: with infinitive, strive, struggle, μὴ κοπία ζητεῖν [Refs (“Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 37.7.)]
III ={κοπάζω}, come to rest: arrive at a state of saturation, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (PLeid.X. 30 (3rd-4th c.AD).)]