Strong's Lexicon
G2872 — κοπιάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2872 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κοπιάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G2873 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 23 |
| Transliteration: | kopiao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kop-ee-ah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to feel fatigue 2. (by implication) to work hard |
| KJV Renderings: | (bestow) labour, toil, be wearied |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κοπιάω, κοπιῶ (3 person plural κοπιουσιν (for κοπιῶσιν), Mat 6:28 Tr; cf. ἐρωτάω, at the beginning); 1 aorist ἐκοπίασα; perfect κεκοπίακα (2 person singular κεκοπίακες, Rev 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): Mat 11:28; Rev 2:3; κεκοπιακώς ἐκ τῆς ὁδοιπορίας, Joh 4:6 (ὑπό τῆς ὁδοιπορίας,Josephus, Antiquities 2, 15, 3; δραμοῦνται καί οὐ κοπιασουσι, Isa 40:31).
2. in Biblical Greek alone, to labor with wearisome effort, to toil (the Sept. for éÈâÇò ); of bodily labor: absolutely, Mat 6:28; Luk 5:5; Luk 12:27 (not Tdf.); Joh 4:38; Act 20:35; 1Co 4:12; Eph 4:28; 2Ti 2:6 (cf. Winers Grammar, 556 (517); Buttmann, 390 (334)); τί, upon a thing, Joh 4:38. of the toilsome efforts of teachers in proclaiming and promoting the kingdom of God and Christ: 1Co 15:10; 1Co 16:16 (cf. Joh 4:38); followed by ἐν with the dative of the thing in which one labors, ἐν λόγῳ καί διδασκαλία, 1Ti 5:17; ἐν ὑμῖν,among you, 1Th 5:12; ἐν κυρίῳ (see ἐν, I. 6 b., p. 211b middle (L brackets the clause)), Rom 16:12; εἰς τινα, for one, for his benefit, Rom 16:6; Gal 4:11 (cf. Buttmann, 242 (200); Winer’s Grammar, 503 (469)); εἰς τοῦτο, looking to this (viz. that piety has the promise of life), 1Ti 4:10; εἰς ὁ, to which end, Col 1:29; εἰς κενόν, in vain, Php 2:16 (κενῶς ἐκοπίασα, of the frustrated labor of the prophets, Isa 49:4).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κοπιάω ((bestow) labour)
Matthew 6:28
- KJV: And why take ye thought for raiment Consider the lilies of the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin
- GK: και περί ενδύματος τι μεριμνάτε καταμάθετε τα κρίνα του αγρού πως αυξάνει ου κοπιά ουδέ νήθει
Matthew 11:28
- KJV: Come unto me all that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest
- GK: δεύτε προς με πάντες οι κοπιώντες και πεφορτισμένοι καγώ αναπαύσω υμάς
Luke 5:5
- KJV: 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
- GK: και αποκριθείς ο Σίμων είπεν αυτώ επιστάτα δι΄ όλης της νυκτός κοπιάσαντες ουδέν ελάβομεν επί δε τω ρήματί σου χαλάσω το δίκτυον
Luke 12:27
- KJV: 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
- GK: κατανοήσατε τα κρίνα πως αυξάνει ου κοπιά ουδέ νήθει λέγω δε υμίν ουδέ Σολομών εν πάση τη δόξη αυτού περιεβάλετο ως εν τούτων
John 4:6
- KJV: Now Jacob’s well was there Jesus therefore being wearied with journey sat thus on the well it was about the sixth hour
- GK: ην δε εκεί πηγή του Ιακώβ ο ούν Ιησούς κεκοπιακώς εκ της οδοιπορίας εκαθέζετο ούτως επί τη πηγή ώρα ην ωσεί έκτη
John 4:38
- KJV: I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour other men laboured and ye are entered into their labours
- GK: εγώ απέστειλα υμάς θερίζειν ο ουχ υμείς κεκοπιάκατε άλλοι κεκοπιάκασι και υμείς εις τον κόπον αυτών εισεληλύθατε
Acts 20:35
- KJV: 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
- GK: πάντα υπέδειξα υμίν ότι ούτω κοπιώντας δει αντιλαμβάνεσθαι των ασθενούντων μνημονεύειν τε των λόγων του κυρίου Ιησού ότι αυτός είπε μακάριόν εστι διδόναι μάλλον η λαμβάνειν
Romans 16:6
- KJV: Greet Mary who bestowed much labour on us
- GK: ασπάσασθε Μαριάμ ήτις πολλά εκοπίασεν εις ημάς
Romans 16:12