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κοπιάω

Strong’s: G2872

Associated OET lemmas: κοπιάω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: κόπτω

Sense 1: hard work, toil, to work hard, to toil, to labor

Semantic entry: 42.47

Semantic domains: Perform, Do

Subdomains: Work, Toil

Definition: to engage in hard work, implying difficulties and trouble

MAT 6:28: RV MAT 6:28 · LV MAT 6:28 · Read together MAT 6:28

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OET-RV MAT 6:28

28 “Why would you worry about clothes? Look how the flowers grow in the fields—they don’t work or make fabric,

OET-LV MAT 6:28

28 And about clothing why are _you _all _worrying?
Observe how the lilies of _the field are _growing, they _are_ not _labouring nor are _they _spinning,

LUK 5:5: RV LUK 5:5 · LV LUK 5:5 · Read together LUK 5:5

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OET-RV LUK 5:5

5 “Master,” Shim’on answered, “we worked all through the night and didn’t catch anything, but ok, I’ll do what you say and lower the nets.”

OET-LV LUK 5:5

5 And Simōn answering, said:
Master, through all night having _laboured, nothing we _took, but at the message of _you, I _will _be _lowering the nets.

All 18 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 6:28 · LV MAT 6:28 · Read together MAT 6:28

LUK: RV LUK 5:5 · RV LUK 12:27 · LV LUK 5:5 · LV LUK 12:27 · Read together LUK 5:5 · Read together LUK 12:27

JHN: RV JHN 4:38 · LV JHN 4:38 · Read together JHN 4:38

ACT: RV ACT 20:35 · LV ACT 20:35 · Read together ACT 20:35

ROM: RV ROM 16:6 · RV ROM 16:12 · LV ROM 16:6 · LV ROM 16:12 · Read together ROM 16:6 · Read together ROM 16:12

CO1: RV CO1 4:12 · RV CO1 15:10 · RV CO1 16:16 · LV CO1 4:12 · LV CO1 15:10 · LV CO1 16:16 · Read together CO1 4:12 · Read together CO1 15:10 · Read together CO1 16:16

GAL: RV GAL 4:11 · LV GAL 4:11 · Read together GAL 4:11

EPH: RV EPH 4:28 · LV EPH 4:28 · Read together EPH 4:28

PHP: RV PHP 2:16 · LV PHP 2:16 · Read together PHP 2:16

COL: RV COL 1:29 · LV COL 1:29 · Read together COL 1:29

TH1: RV TH1 5:12 · LV TH1 5:12 · Read together TH1 5:12

TI1: RV TI1 4:10 · RV TI1 5:17 · LV TI1 4:10 · LV TI1 5:17 · Read together TI1 4:10 · Read together TI1 5:17

TI2: RV TI2 2:6 · LV TI2 2:6 · Read together TI2 2:6

Sense 2: to be tired, to be weary

Semantic entry: 23.78

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Tire, Rest

Definition: to be tired or weary, as the result of hard or difficult endeavor

Notes: It is also possible to interpret κοπιάω in RV MAT 11:28 · LV MAT 11:28 · Read together MAT 11:28 as κοπιάω[a] ‘to work hard’ (see 42.47: κοπιάω / 42.47: κόπος).

MAT 11:28: RV MAT 11:28 · LV MAT 11:28 · Read together MAT 11:28

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OET-RV MAT 11:28

28 Come to me all of you who are tired and feel overloaded, and I’ll help you relax.

OET-LV MAT 11:28

28 Come to me, all you _all wearied and having _been _burdened, and _I will _be _resting you _all.

JHN 4:6: RV JHN 4:6 · LV JHN 4:6 · Read together JHN 4:6

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OET-RV JHN 4:6

6 and ‘Ya’akov’s well’ was there. Yeshua was tired from all the walking and was sitting by the well around midday.

OET-LV JHN 4:6

6 and well of_ the _Yakōb was there.
Therefore the Yaʸsous having _wearied from the journey, was _sitting thus at the well.
The_hour was about the_sixth.

Sense 3: to give up, to lose heart

Semantic entry: 25.289

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Discouragement

Definition: (a figurative extension of meaning of κοπιάω [source selector 000001][b] ‘to be tired,’ 23.78: κοπιάω) to become emotionally fatigued and discouraged

REV 2:3: RV REV 2:3 · LV REV 2:3 · Read together REV 2:3

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OET-RV REV 2:3

3 I’m aware that you’ve endured and even suffered persecution because you’ve believed in me, but you’ve never given up.

OET-LV REV 2:3

3 and endurance you _are _having, and you _bore because _of the name of _me, and not you _have _been _wearied.