Word study · Greek

kopiáō

to labor, to toil, to grow weary

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

κοπιάω

What it means

To work hard until tired. In 4:11, Paul fears he has "labored over you in vain," and in 1 Corinthians 15:10, "I labored more abundantly than they all."

Range of meaning

  • LaborWork to exhaustion.
  • Grow wearyBecome tired.

In Galatians

  • Chapter 4

    "Lest I have labored for you in vain" (4:11).

Every verse (1)

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