kopiaō · labor, toil

What it means

kopiaō (κοπιάω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “labor, toil”.

Grow weary, work hard.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To be worn out by effort or by the road.
2. To put great effort into a task, to the point of weariness.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• labor ×8
• has labored ×2
• have labored ×2
• toil ×2
• I labored ×1
• are weary ×1
• grown weary ×1
• hardworking ×1
• labored for ×1
• labors ×1
• others ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Luke×2
• John×3
• Acts×1
• Romans×3
• 1 Corinthians×3
• Galatians×1
• Ephesians×1
• Philippians×1
• Colossians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Timothy×2
• 2 Timothy×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 6:28

  And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they do not labor nor spin;

• Matthew 11:28

  Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

• Luke 5:5

  And Simon answered and said, “Master, through the whole night we worked hard and caught nothing; but at your word I will let down the nets.”

• Luke 12:27

  Consider the lilies, how they grow: they do not toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these.

• John 4:6

  Jacob’s well was there. So Jesus, tired from the journey, was sitting like that by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

• John 4:38

  I sent you to reap what you have not labored for; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

• Acts 20:35

  In everything I showed you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more happy to give than to receive.’”

• Romans 16:6

  Greet Mary, who has labored much for you.

• Romans 16:12

  Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Greet the beloved Persis, who has labored much in the Lord.

• 1 Corinthians 4:12

  and we toil, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

• 1 Corinthians 15:10

  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

• 1 Corinthians 16:16

  that you also be subject to such people and to everyone who works with them and labors.

• Galatians 4:11

  I fear for you, that somehow I have labored over you in vain.

• Ephesians 4:28

  Let the one who steals no longer steal, but rather let him labor, working with his own hands what is good, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

• Philippians 2:16

  holding forth the word of life, for a boast to me on the day of the Messiah, that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

• Colossians 1:29

  To this end I also labor, striving according to his working which works in me in power.

• 1 Thessalonians 5:12

  But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who labor among you and lead you in the Lord and admonish you,

• 1 Timothy 4:10

  For to this end we labor and are reproached, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

• 1 Timothy 5:17

  Let the elders who lead well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and teaching.

• 2 Timothy 2:6

  The hardworking farmer ought to be the first to receive a share of the crops.

• Revelation 2:3

  and you have endurance, and you have borne up for the sake of my name, and you have not grown weary.

And 2 more times.