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Lexicon :: Strong's G2870 - kopetos

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κοπετός
Transliteration
kopetos (Key)
Pronunciation
kop-et-os'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
14x in 5 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

TDNT Reference: 3:830,453

Strong’s Definitions

κοπετός kopetós, kop-et-os'; from G2875; mourning (properly, by beating the breast):—lamentation.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2870 in the following manner: lamentation (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2870 in the following manner: lamentation (1x).

  1. lamentation with beating of the breast as a sign of grief

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κοπετός kopetós, kop-et-os'; from G2875; mourning (properly, by beating the breast):—lamentation.
STRONGS G2870:
κοπετός, κοπετοῦ, ὁ (from κόπτομαι, see κόπτω), the Sept. for מִסְפֵּד; Latinplanctus, i. e. lamentation with beating of the breast as n sign of grief: κοπετόν ποιεῖσθαι ἐπί τίνι, Acts 8:2; ἐπί τινα, Zechariah 12:10. (Eupolis in Bekker's annott. ad Etym. Magn., p. 776; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 11, 31; Plutarch, Fab. 17.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Zechariah
12:10
Acts
8:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2870 matches the Greek κοπετός (kopetos),
which occurs 14 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - When they arrived at the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan River, they held a very great and solemn memorial service, with a seven-day period of mourning for Joseph’s father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And as news of the king’s decree reached all the provinces, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and wailed, and many people lay in burlap and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:11 - You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing.
You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:12 - At that time the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,
called you to weep and mourn.
He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins
and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - Oh, my people, dress yourselves in burlap
and sit among the ashes.
Mourn and weep bitterly, as for the loss of an only son.
For suddenly the destroying armies will be upon you!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:10 - I will weep for the mountains
and wail for the wilderness pastures.
For they are desolate and empty of life;
the lowing of cattle is heard no more;
the birds and wild animals have all fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:12 - That is why the LORD says,
“Turn to me now, while there is time.
Give me your hearts.
Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:16 - Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies, says:
“There will be crying in all the public squares
and mourning in every street.
Call for the farmers to weep with you,
and summon professional mourners to wail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:17 - There will be wailing in every vineyard,
for I will destroy them all,”
says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - Therefore, I will mourn and lament.
I will walk around barefoot and naked.
I will howl like a jackal
and moan like an owl.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:10 - “Then I will pour out a spirit[fn] of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 12:11 - The sorrow and mourning in Jerusalem on that day will be like the great mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddo.
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