2872. kopiaó
Strong's Lexicon
kopiaó: To labor, to toil, to grow weary, to work hard

Original Word: κοπιάω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kopiaó
Pronunciation: ko-pee-ah'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (kop-ee-ah'-o)
Definition: To labor, to toil, to grow weary, to work hard
Meaning: (a) I grow weary, (b) I toil, work with effort (of bodily and mental labor alike).

Word Origin: Derived from κόπος (kopos), meaning "labor" or "toil."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of labor or toil is עָמַל (amal), which also conveys the idea of laboring or toiling, often with a sense of weariness or trouble.

Usage: The verb "kopiaó" is used in the New Testament to describe the act of laboring or working to the point of exhaustion. It conveys a sense of diligent effort and perseverance, often in the context of physical or spiritual work. The term implies not just the act of working, but the accompanying fatigue and weariness that result from such exertion.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, labor was a common aspect of daily life, especially for the lower classes and slaves. The concept of hard work was often associated with agricultural and manual labor. In the Jewish context, work was seen as a part of God's design for humanity, as reflected in the creation narrative where Adam is placed in the Garden of Eden to work it and keep it (Genesis 2:15). The New Testament writers, particularly Paul, often used "kopiaó" to describe the labor involved in ministry and the Christian life, emphasizing the dedication and effort required to spread the Gospel and live according to God's will.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 2872 kopiáō (from 2873 /kópos, "exhausting labor") – to labor until worn-out, depleted (exhausted). See 2873 (kopos).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from kopos
Definition
to grow weary, toil
NASB Translation
diligently labor (1), grown weary (1), hard-working (1), labor (3), labored (4), labors (1), toil (4), wearied (1), weary (1), work hard (1), worked (2), worked hard (1), worked hard worked hard (1), workers (1), working hard (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2872: κοπιάω

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 , 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).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
labor, toil, be wearied.

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

see GREEK kopos

Forms and Transliterations
εκοπίας εκοπιασα εκοπίασα ἐκοπίασα εκοπιάσαμεν εκοπίασαν εκοπίασας εκοπιάσατε εκοπίασε εκοπιασεν εκοπίασεν ἐκοπίασεν εκοπίων κεκοπιακα κεκοπίακα κεκοπίακας κεκοπιάκασι κεκοπιακασιν κεκοπιάκασιν κεκοπιακατε κεκοπιάκατε κεκοπιακες κεκοπίακες κεκοπιακως κεκοπιακώς κεκοπιακὼς κοπια κοπιά κοπιᾷ κοπιάσαι κοπιασαντες κοπιάσαντες κοπιάσει κοπιάσεις κοπιάσουσι κοπιάσουσιν κοπιατω κοπιάτω κοπιω κοπιώ κοπιῶ κοπιωμεν κοπιώμεν κοπιῶμεν κοπιών κοπιωντα κοπιώντα κοπιῶντα κοπιωντας κοπιώντας κοπιῶντας κοπιωντες κοπιώντες κοπιῶντες κοπιωντι κοπιώντι κοπιῶντι κοπιώντων κοπιωσας κοπιώσας κοπιωσιν κοπιῶσιν ekopiasa ekopíasa ekopiasen ekopíasen kekopiaka kekopíaka kekopiakasin kekopiákasin kekopiakate kekopiákate kekopiakes kekopíakes kekopiakos kekopiakōs kekopiakṑs kopia kopiā̂i kopiasantes kopiásantes kopiato kopiatō kopiáto kopiátō kopio kopiô kopiō kopiō̂ kopiomen kopiômen kopiōmen kopiō̂men kopionta kopiônta kopiōnta kopiō̂nta kopiontas kopiôntas kopiōntas kopiō̂ntas kopiontes kopiôntes kopiōntes kopiō̂ntes kopionti kopiônti kopiōnti kopiō̂nti kopiosas kopiōsas kopiṓsas kopiosin kopiôsin kopiōsin kopiō̂sin
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Matthew 6:28 V-PIA-3P
GRK: αὐξάνουσιν οὐ κοπιῶσιν οὐδὲ νήθουσιν
NAS: grow; they do not toil nor
KJV: how they grow; they toil not, neither
INT: they grow [they do] not labor nor do they spin

Matthew 11:28 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες καὶ πεφορτισμένοι
NAS: to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden,
KJV: all [ye] that labour and
INT: all you who toil and are burdened

Luke 5:5 V-APA-NMP
GRK: ὅλης νυκτὸς κοπιάσαντες οὐδὲν ἐλάβομεν
NAS: Master, we worked hard all
KJV: Master, we have toiled all
INT: whole night having toiled nothing have we taken

Luke 12:27 V-PIA-3S
GRK: αὐξάνει οὐ κοπιᾷ οὐδὲ νήθει
NAS: they grow: they neither toil nor spin;
KJV: they grow: they toil not,
INT: they grow not labor nor do they spin

John 4:6 V-RPA-NMS
GRK: οὖν Ἰησοῦς κεκοπιακὼς ἐκ τῆς
NAS: Jesus, being wearied from His journey,
KJV: therefore, being wearied with
INT: Therefore Jesus being wearied from the

John 4:38 V-RIA-2P
GRK: οὐχ ὑμεῖς κεκοπιάκατε ἄλλοι κεκοπιάκασιν
NAS: that for which you have not labored; others
KJV: no labour: other men
INT: not you have toiled others have toiled

John 4:38 V-RIA-3P
GRK: κεκοπιάκατε ἄλλοι κεκοπιάκασιν καὶ ὑμεῖς
NAS: others have labored and you have entered
KJV: labour: other men laboured, and ye
INT: have toiled others have toiled and you

Acts 20:35 V-PPA-AMP
GRK: ὅτι οὕτως κοπιῶντας δεῖ ἀντιλαμβάνεσθαι
NAS: I showed you that by working hard in this manner
KJV: so labouring ye ought
INT: that thus straining it behoves [us] to aid

Romans 16:6 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ἥτις πολλὰ ἐκοπίασεν εἰς ὑμᾶς
NAS: Mary, who has worked hard for you.
KJV: bestowed much labour on us.
INT: who much toiled for you

Romans 16:12 V-PPA-AFP
GRK: Τρυφῶσαν τὰς κοπιώσας ἐν κυρίῳ
NAS: and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord.
KJV: and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord.
INT: Tryphosa who toil in [the] Lord

Romans 16:12 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ἥτις πολλὰ ἐκοπίασεν ἐν κυρίῳ
NAS: who has worked hard
KJV: Persis, which laboured much in
INT: who much toiled in [the] Lord

1 Corinthians 4:12 V-PIA-1P
GRK: καὶ κοπιῶμεν ἐργαζόμενοι ταῖς
NAS: and we toil, working with our own
KJV: And labour, working with our own
INT: and toil working with the

1 Corinthians 15:10 V-AIA-1S
GRK: αὐτῶν πάντων ἐκοπίασα οὐκ ἐγὼ
NAS: vain; but I labored even more
KJV: but I laboured more abundantly
INT: than them all I toiled not I

1 Corinthians 16:16 V-PPA-DMS
GRK: συνεργοῦντι καὶ κοπιῶντι
NAS: who helps in the work and labors.
KJV: that helpeth with [us], and laboureth.
INT: working with [us] and straining

Galatians 4:11 V-RIA-1S
GRK: πως εἰκῇ κεκοπίακα εἰς ὑμᾶς
NAS: for you, that perhaps I have labored over
KJV: upon you labour in vain.
INT: perhaps in vain I have toiled as to you

Ephesians 4:28 V-PMA-3S
GRK: μᾶλλον δὲ κοπιάτω ἐργαζόμενος ταῖς
NAS: but rather he must labor, performing
KJV: rather let him labour, working
INT: rather however let him toil working with the

Philippians 2:16 V-AIA-1S
GRK: εἰς κενὸν ἐκοπίασα
NAS: in vain nor toil in vain.
KJV: vain, neither laboured in vain.
INT: in vain toiled

Colossians 1:29 V-PIA-1S
GRK: ὃ καὶ κοπιῶ ἀγωνιζόμενος κατὰ
NAS: purpose also I labor, striving
KJV: I also labour, striving according to
INT: this also I toil striving according to

1 Thessalonians 5:12 V-PPA-AMP
GRK: εἰδέναι τοὺς κοπιῶντας ἐν ὑμῖν
NAS: those who diligently labor among
KJV: to know them which labour among you,
INT: to know those who toil among you

1 Timothy 4:10 V-PIA-1P
GRK: τοῦτο γὰρ κοπιῶμεν καὶ ἀγωνιζόμεθα
NAS: For it is for this we labor and strive,
KJV: we both labour and suffer reproach,
INT: this indeed we toil and strive

1 Timothy 5:17 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: μάλιστα οἱ κοπιῶντες ἐν λόγῳ
NAS: those who work hard at preaching
KJV: especially they who labour in
INT: especially those straining in word

2 Timothy 2:6 V-PPA-AMS
GRK: τὸν κοπιῶντα γεωργὸν δεῖ
NAS: The hard-working farmer ought
KJV: The husbandman that laboureth must be
INT: The hard-working farmer must

Revelation 2:3 V-RPA-NMP
GRK: καὶ οὐ κεκοπίακες
NAS: sake, and have not grown weary.
KJV: my name's sake hast laboured, and hast
INT: and not have grown weary

Strong's Greek 2872
23 Occurrences


ἐκοπίασα — 2 Occ.
ἐκοπίασεν — 2 Occ.
κεκοπίακα — 1 Occ.
κεκοπιάκασιν — 1 Occ.
κεκοπιάκατε — 1 Occ.
κεκοπίακες — 1 Occ.
κεκοπιακὼς — 1 Occ.
κοπιᾷ — 1 Occ.
κοπιάσαντες — 1 Occ.
κοπιάτω — 1 Occ.
κοπιῶ — 1 Occ.
κοπιῶμεν — 2 Occ.
κοπιῶντα — 1 Occ.
κοπιῶντας — 2 Occ.
κοπιῶντες — 2 Occ.
κοπιῶντι — 1 Occ.
κοπιώσας — 1 Occ.
κοπιῶσιν — 1 Occ.

















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