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Word study · Greek

kopiáō

to labor, to toil, to grow weary

Say it: kop-ee-AH-o (approximate)

κοπιάω

What it means

To labor. "We both labor and suffer reproach" (4:10) and "those who labor in the word" (5:17).

Range of meaning

  • LaborWork to exhaustion.
  • Grow wearyBecome tired.

In 1 Timothy

  • Chapter 4

    "We both labor and suffer reproach" (4:10; 5:17).

  • Chapter 5

    "Especially those who labor in the word and in teaching" (5:17).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G2872 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources