Strong's Concordance kopiaó: to grow weary, toil Original Word: κοπιάωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kopiaó Phonetic Spelling: (kop-ee-ah'-o) Short Definition: I grow weary, toil Definition: (a) I grow weary, (b) I toil, work with effort (of bodily and mental labor alike). HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 2872 kopiáō (from 2873 /kópos, "exhausting labor") – to labor until worn-out, depleted (exhausted). See 2873 (kopos). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2872: κοπιάωκοπιάω, 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 ὁ, 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). From a derivative of kopos; to feel fatigue; by implication, to work hard -- (bestow) labour, toil, be wearied. see GREEK kopos Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 287223 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. 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 Luke 5:5 V-APA-NMP Luke 12:27 V-PIA-3S John 4:6 V-RPA-NMS John 4:38 V-RIA-2P John 4:38 V-RIA-3P Acts 20:35 V-PPA-AMP Romans 16:6 V-AIA-3S Romans 16:12 V-PPA-AFP Romans 16:12 V-AIA-3S 1 Corinthians 4:12 V-PIA-1P 1 Corinthians 15:10 V-AIA-1S 1 Corinthians 16:16 V-PPA-DMS Galatians 4:11 V-RIA-1S Ephesians 4:28 V-PMA-3S Philippians 2:16 V-AIA-1S Colossians 1:29 V-PIA-1S 1 Thessalonians 5:12 V-PPA-AMP 1 Timothy 4:10 V-PIA-1P 1 Timothy 5:17 V-PPA-NMP 2 Timothy 2:6 V-PPA-AMS Revelation 2:3 V-RPA-NMP |