to labor
Definition:
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; freq. 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)
Definition:
κοπ-ιάω,
future -άσω [ᾱ]:
aorist ἐκοπίᾱσα [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
perfect κεκοπίᾱκα [
NT]: (κόπος):—
to be tired, grow weary, [
LXX+5th c.BC+], Men.[same place]; κ. ὑπὸ ἀγαθῶν
to be weary of good things, [
NT+5th c.BC+]: with
participle, κ. ὀρχούμενοι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
aorist participle κοπιάσας,
defunctus laboribus, [
Refs]:—
middle in
active sense, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II)
work hard, toil, [
NT+2nd c.AD+]: with
infinitive,
strive, struggle, μὴ κοπία ζητεῖν [
Refs]
III) ={κοπάζω},
come to rest: arrive at a state of saturation, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
Pronounciation:
kop-ee-ah'-o
Definition:
to feel fatigue; by implication, to work hard; (bestow) labour, toil, be wearied; from a derivative of
g2873 (κόπος);