κόπτωkóptō
to "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief
Greek (New Testament) · G2875
Meanings
1. to strike, smite.
2. to cut off: with accusative of thing, followed by ἀπό, Matthew 21:8; ἐκ, Mark 11:8. Mid., to beat one's breast with grief, to mourn, bewail: Matthew 11:17, Matthew 24:30; with accusative of person, Luke 8:52, Luke 23:27; followed by ἐπί, with accusative, Revelation 1:7, Revelation 18:9 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-, ἐν-, κατα-, προ-, προσ-κόπτω).
Synonyms
θρηνέω, see that word
Same root
- ἀποκόπτωapokóptō · G609to amputate; reflexively (by irony) to mutilate (the privy parts)
- κοπήkopḗ · G2871cutting, i.e. carnage
- ἀργυροκόποςargyrokópos · G695a beater (i.e. worker) of silver
- κόποςkópos · G2873a cut, i.e. (by analogy) toil (as reducing the strength), literally or figuratively; by implication, pains
- προσκόπτωproskóptō · G4350to strike at, i.e. surge against (as water); specially, to stub on, i.e. trip up (literally or figuratively)
- ἐκκόπτωekkóptō · G1581to exscind; figuratively, to frustrate
- ἀνακόπτωanakóptō · G348to beat back, i.e. check
- ἐγκόπτωenkóptō · G1465to cut into, i.e. (figuratively) impede, detain
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 11:17 ‘We played wedding songs, and you didn’t dance, so we played funeral songs, and you didn’t mourn.’
- Matthew 21:8 Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
- Matthew 24:30 And then at last, the sign that the Son of Man is coming will appear in the heavens, and there will be deep mourning among all the peoples of the earth. And they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
- Mark 11:8 Many in the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him, and others spread leafy branches they had cut in the fields.
- Luke 8:52 The house was filled with people weeping and wailing, but he said, “Stop the weeping! She isn’t dead; she’s only asleep.”
- Luke 23:27 A large crowd trailed behind, including many grief-stricken women.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.