κοπιάω kopiaō

Greek word for “to labor” · Strong’s G2872 · used 22 times in 20 verses

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Meaning

κοπιάω, -ῶ; (κόπος); 1.

How it is translated

Glosses given for kopiaō in context, with how often each is used:

• toil 4
• toiling 3
• toiled 3
• do they labor 2
• have toiled 2
• straining 2
• having toiled 1
• already wearying 1
• have toiled for 1
• laboring 1
• should toil 1
• hardworking 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

John 4 (2), Romans 16 (2), Matthew 6 (1), Matthew 11 (1), Luke 5 (1), Luke 12 (1), Acts 20 (1), 1 Corinthians 4 (1), 1 Corinthians 15 (1), 1 Corinthians 16 (1)

Forms

• κοπιῶντες 2
• κοπιῶντας 2
• ἐκοπίασεν 2
• κοπιῶμεν 2
• ἐκοπίασα 2
• κοπιῶσιν 1
• κοπιάσαντες 1
• κοπιᾷ 1
• κεκοπιακὼς 1
• κεκοπιάκατε 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kopiaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• νήθω nēthō “to spin” 2
• κρίνον krinon “lily” 2
• ἀγωνίζομαι agōnizomai “to struggle” 2
• προΐστημι proistēmi “to set before” 2
• μάλιστα malista “especially” 2
• κενός kenos “empty” 2
• οὐδέ oude “nor” 3
• αὐξάνω auxanō “to grow” 2
• ἐργάζομαι ergazomai “to work” 2
• ἀσπάζομαι aspazomai “to pay respects to” 2
• λόγος logos “word” 3
• μᾶλλον mallon “more” 2

Key verses

The verses using kopiaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• Acts 20:35 — 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…
• 1 Corinthians 4:12 — And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
• 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 laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but…
• 1 Corinthians 16:16 — That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
• Galatians 4:11 — I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
• Ephesians 4:28 — Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
• Philippians 2:16 — Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
• Colossians 1:29 — Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:12 — And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
• 1 Timothy 4:10 — For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
• 1 Timothy 5:17 — Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.