κοπιάω

κοπιάω, -ῶ

(κόπος), [in LXX chiefly for יָגַע ;]

1. (as in cl.) to grow weary: Matt 11,28, Joh 4,6, Åb 2,3 (cf. Es 40,31).

2. Hence, in LXX and NT, to work with effort, to toil: absol., Matt 6,23, Luk 5,5; 12,27, Joh 4,38, ApG 20,35, 1 Kor 4,12, Ef 4,28, 2 Tim 2,5; with accusative of thing(s), Joh 4,38 frequently in Paul. Epp., of ministerial labour: 1 Kor 15,10; 16,16; before ἐν, Rom 16,12, 1 Thess 5,12 (see M, Th., in l), 1 Tim 5,17 εἰς, Rom 16,6, Gal 4,11, Fil 2,16, Kol 1,29, 1 Tim 4,10.†