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κοπιάω , -ῶ

(< κόπος ),

[in LXX chiefly for H3021;]

1. (as in cl.) to grow weary: Matthew 11:28, John 4:6, Revelation 2:3 (cf. Isaiah 40:31).

2. Hence, in LXX and NT, to work with effort, to toil: absol., Matthew 6:23, Luke 5:5; Luke 12:27, John 4:38, Acts 20:35, 1 Corinthians 4:12, Ephesians 4:28, 2 Timothy 2:5; c. acc rei, John 4:38; freq. in Paul. Epp., of ministerial labour: 1 Corinthians 15:10; 1 Corinthians 16:16; seq. ἐν , Romans 16:12, 1 Thessalonians 5:12 (v. M, Th., in l), 1 Timothy 5:17; εἰς , Romans 16:6, Galatians 4:11, Philippians 2:16, Colossians 1:29, 1 Timothy 4:10.†

The special Biblical sense of this verb, ";work hard,"; ";toil,"; may perhaps be seen in Vett. Val. p. 266.6 ἱλαροὺς περὶ τὰς πράξεις καὶ μεθ᾽ ἡδονῆς κοπιῶντας. Lightfoot on Ignat. ad Polyc. vi. thinks that the notion of ";toilsome training"; for an athletic contest underlies the word, and cites Philippians 2:16, Colossians 1:29, 1 Timothy 4:10, in illustration; but it should be noted that the word can also be used without any such metaphorical reference, as in LXX 2 Kings 17:2 (MT 2 Samuel 17:2), Isaiah 49:4, Sirach 51:27 : see also Field Notes, p. 7. An uncommon usage is found in P Leid XV. 27 (iii/iv A.D.), where in a recipe for making silver the direction occurs—καὶ ἔμβαλε τὴν πίσσαν τὴν ξηράν, ἕως κοπιάσῃ, ";et inicito picem siccam, donec saturatum sit"; (Ed.). For the form κεκοπίακες in Revelation 2:3 see W Schm Gr. p. 113, n.16.

 

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