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Lexicon :: Strong's G2875 - koptō

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κόπτω
Transliteration
koptō (Key)
Pronunciation
kop'-to
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A root word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:830,453

Trench's Synonyms: lxv. λυπέομαι, πενθέω, θρηνέω, κόπτω.

Strong’s Definitions

κόπτω kóptō, kop'-to; a primary verb; to "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief:—cut down, lament, mourn, (be-)wail. Compare the base of G5114.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G2875 in the following manner: bewail (2x), lament (2x), cut down (2x), wail (1x), mourn (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G2875 in the following manner: bewail (2x), lament (2x), cut down (2x), wail (1x), mourn (1x).

  1. to cut, strike, smite

  2. to cut from, cut off

  3. to beat one's breast for grief

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κόπτω kóptō, kop'-to; a primary verb; to "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief:—cut down, lament, mourn, (be-)wail. Compare the base of G5114.
STRONGS G2875:
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.): τί ἀπό or ἐκ τίνος, 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); ἐπί τινα, Revelation 1:7; (Revelation 18:9 T Tr WH) (2 Samuel 11:26); ἐπί τινα, Revelation 18:9 (R G L), cf. Zechariah 12:10. (Compare: ἀνακόπτω, ἀποκόπτω, ἐκκόπτω, ἐνκόπτω, κατακόπτω, προκόπτω, προσκόπτω. Synonym: cf. θρηνέω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
23:2
1 Samuel
25:1
2 Samuel
11:26
Zechariah
12:10
Matthew
21:8
Mark
11:8; 11:8
Luke
8:52; 23:27
Revelation
1:7; 18:9; 18:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2875 matches the Greek κόπτω (koptō),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:17 - “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance;
we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:8 - Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30 - Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:8 - And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:52 - And all were weeping and mourning for her, but he said, “Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:27 - And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:7 - Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail[fn] on account of him. Even so. Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:9 - And the kings of the earth, who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her, will weep and wail over her when they see the smoke of her burning.
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