kopiaō G2872

κοπιάω (kopiaō) means “to labor” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

κοπιάω Greek · G2872 22 tagged occurrences in 20 verses

Pronunciation guide: kop-ee-ah'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2872

κοπιάω · kopiaō · to labor

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.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) I grow weary, (b) I toil, work with effort (of bodily and mental labor alike).

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How translators render G2872

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
labor	3
has worked	2
are weary	1
growing weary	1
hardworking	1
have done the hard work	1
have not worked for	1
have worked hard	1
i worked	1
laborer	1
must work	1
my efforts	1
of hard work	1
they do not labor	1
we have worked hard	1
we labor	1
we work hard	1
weary	1
work diligently	1
work hard	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
labour	7
laboured	3
bestowed	2
they toil	2
being wearied	1
hast laboured	1
i	1
i have bestowed	1
i laboured	1
laboureth	1
labouring	1
let him	1
that laboureth	1
them which labour	1
they who labour	1
we	1
we have toiled	1
who labour	1

Verses containing G2872

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Matthew 6:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin.
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Matthew 11:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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Luke 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
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Luke 12:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
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John 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
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John 4:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
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Acts 20:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
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Romans 16:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you.
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Romans 16:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard in the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
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1 Corinthians 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
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1 Corinthians 16:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.
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Galatians 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
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Ephesians 4:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.
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Philippians 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
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Colossians 1:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
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1 Thessalonians 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you.
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1 Timothy 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.
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1 Timothy 5:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
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2 Timothy 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
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