Kopiáō — G2872

Definition

verb

to feel fatigue; by implication, to work hard

1. as in Aristophanes, Josephus, Plutarch, others, to grow weary, tired, exhausted, (with toil or burdens or grief)
2. in Biblical Greek alone, to labor with wearisome effort, to toil

Usually translated as

toil, be wearied, labour

Origin

from a derivative of G2873

• kópos (G2873)

Occurrences

Kopiáō occurs 13 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Luke (2), John (2), Romans (1), 1 Corinthians (1), Galatians (1), Ephesians (1), 1 Thessalonians (1), 1 Timothy (1), 2 Timothy (1)

• Matthew 6:28 — And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil (κοπιᾷ) not, neither do they spin:
• Matthew 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that (κοπιῶντες) labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Luke 5:5 — And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled (κοπιάσαντες) all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
• Luke 12:27 — Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil (κοπιᾷ) not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
• John 4:6 — Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied (κεκοπιακὼς) with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
• John 4:38 — I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed (κεκοπιάκατε) no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
• Romans 16:6 — Greet Mary, who bestowed (ἐκοπίασεν) much labour on us.
• 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 (ἐκοπίασα) laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
• Galatians 4:11 — I am afraid of you, lest I (κεκοπίακα) have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
• Ephesians 4:28 — Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let (κοπιάτω) him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:12 — And we beseech you, brethren, to know them (κοπιῶντας) which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
• 1 Timothy 5:17 — Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they (κοπιῶντες) who labour in the word and doctrine.
• 2 Timothy 2:6 — The husbandman that (κοπιῶντα) laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.