Romans 16:12:6Rom.16.12.W6TAB
κοπιώσας
kopiosas
“working hard”
- Transliteration
- ko-pi-O-sas
- Extended
- koh-pih-OH-sahs
- IPA
- /ko.piˈo.sas/
Meaning by language
- English
- working hard
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Pi | p — as in pet | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omega | o — same as omicron | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
- word
ko-pi-O-sas
- sentence
as-PA-sa-sthe TRY-phae-nan KAI try-PHO-san TAS ko-pi-O-sas en ky-REE-ō as-PA-sa-sthe per-SI-da tên a-ga-pê-TÊN HÊ-tis pol-LA e-ko-PI-a-sen en ky-REE-ō
Exegesis
These are followed by the article tas {τὰς | tàs} plus the aorist participle kopiōsas {κοπιώσας | kopiṓsas}, forming an adjectival participial phrase ‘the ones who have labored’, which characterizes both women collectively.
Root and etymology
koposkappa–omicron–pi–omicron–sigma
“strike, beat; then toil, labor to weariness”
In context — Romans 16:12
Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, those who have labored in the Lord . Greet Persis, the beloved, who has labored much in the Lord.
About this coordinate
Romans 16:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Romans 16:12, so the Greek word κοπιώσας (kopiosas) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.16.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.12.W6.S1) and character.