Biblical Greek

greek #2875 - κόπτω koptó (to cut (off))

Original Word:	κόπτω
Transliteration:	koptó
Definition:	to cut (off), strike, to mourn
Part of Speech:	Verb
Phonetic Spelling:	(kop'-to)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cut down, strike

A primary verb; to "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief -- cut down, lament, mourn, (be-)wail. Compare the base of tomoteros.

see GREEK tomoteros

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 2875: κόπτω

κόπτω: imperfect 3 person plural ἔκοπτον; 1 aorist participle κοψας (Mark 11:8 T Tr text WH); middle, imperfect ἐκοπτομην; future κόψομαι; 1 aorist ἐκοψαμην; (from Homer down); to cut, strike, smite (the Sept. for הִכָּה, כָּרַת, etc.): τίἀπό or ἐκτίνος, to cut from, cut off,Matthew 21:8; Mark 11:8. Middle to beat one's breast for grief, Latinplango (R. V. mourn): (Aeschylus Pers. 683; Plato, others; the Sept. often so for סָפַד); τινα, to mourn or bewail one (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32, 1 γ.): Luke 8:52; Luke 23:27, (Genesis 23:2; 1 Samuel 25:1, etc.; Aristophanes, Lysias, 396; Anthol. 11, 135, 1); ἐπίτινα, Revelation 1:7; ( T Tr WH) (2 Samuel 11:26); ἐπίτινα, Revelation 18:9 (R G L), cf. Zechariah 12:10. (Compare: ἀνακόπτω, ἀποκόπτω, ἐκκόπτω, ἐνκόπτω, κατακόπτω, προκόπτω, προσκόπτω. Synonym: cf. θρηνέω.)

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 2875. κόπτω (koptó) — 8 Occurrences

Matthew 11:17 - V-AIM-2P
GRK:καὶ οὐκ ἐκόψασθε
NAS: we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.'
KJV: ye have not lamented.
INT: and not you did wail

Matthew 21:8 - V-IIA-3P
GRK:ἄλλοι δὲ ἔκοπτον κλάδους ἀπὸ
NAS: and others were cutting branches
KJV: the way; others cut down branches from
INT: others moreover were cutting down branches from

Matthew 24:30 - V-FIM-3P
GRK:καὶ τότε κόψονται πᾶσαι αἱ
NAS: of the earth will mourn, and they will see
KJV: of the earth mourn, and
INT: and then will mourn all the

Mark 11:8 - V-APA-NMP
GRK:δὲ στιβάδας κόψαντες ἐκ τῶν
NAS: [spread] leafy branches which they had cut from the fields.
KJV: and others cut down branches off
INT: moreover branches having cut down from the

Luke 8:52 - V-IIM-3P
GRK:πάντες καὶ ἐκόπτοντο αὐτήν ὁ
NAS: weeping and lamenting for her; but He said,
KJV: wept, and bewailed her: but
INT: all and mourning for her

Luke 23:27 - V-IIM-3P
GRK:γυναικῶν αἳ ἐκόπτοντο καὶ ἐθρήνουν
NAS: who were mourning and lamenting
KJV: which also bewailed and lamented
INT: of women who were mourning and lamenting for

Revelation 1:7 - V-FIM-3P
GRK:ἐξεκέντησαν καὶ κόψονται ἐπ' αὐτὸν
NAS: of the earth will mourn over
KJV: of the earth shall wail because
INT: pierced and will wail on account of him

Revelation 18:9 - V-FIM-3P
GRK:κλαύσουσιν καὶ κόψονται ἐπ' αὐτὴν
NAS: with her, will weep and lament over
KJV: her, and lament for her,
INT: will weep for and will wail for her

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