ἀποκόπτωapokóptō
to amputate; reflexively (by irony) to mutilate (the privy parts)
Greek (New Testament) · G609
Meanings
to cut off: Mark 9:43, Mark 9:45, John 18:10, John 18:26, Acts 27:32. Mid., to mutilate oneself, have oneself mutilated: Galatians 5:12 (cf. Deuteronomy 23:1 LXX; and see Cremer, 751; MM, under that word).
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Mark 9:43 If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one hand than to go into the unquenchable fires of hell with two hands.
- Mark 9:45 If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one foot than to be thrown into hell with two feet.
- John 18:10 Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of Malchus, the high priest’s slave.
- John 18:26 But one of the household slaves of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you out there in the olive grove with Jesus?”
- Acts 27:32 So the soldiers cut the ropes to the lifeboat and let it drift away.
- Galatians 5:12 I just wish that those troublemakers who want to mutilate you by circumcision would mutilate themselves.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.