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Lexicon :: Strong's G2875 - koptō

Aa
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.)
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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:17 - And G2532 saying, G3004 We have piped G832 unto you, G5213 and G2532 ye have G3738➔ not G3756 danced; ➔G3738 we have mourned G2354 unto you, G5213 and G2532 ye have G2875➔ not G3756 lamented. ➔ G2875

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:8 - And G1161 a very great G4118 multitude G3793 spread G4766 their G1438 garments G2440 in G1722 the G3588 way; G3598 others G243 cut down G2875 branches G2798 from G575 the G3588 trees, G1186 and G2532 strawed G4766 them in G1722 the G3588 way. G3598

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30 - And G2532 then G5119 shall appear G5316 the G3588 sign G4592 of the G3588 Son G5207 of man G444 in G1722 heaven: G3772 and G2532 then G5119 shall G2875➔ all G3956 the G3588 tribes G5443 of the G3588 earth G1093 mourn, ➔ G2875 and G2532 they shall see G3700 the G3588 Son G5207 of man G444 coming G2064 in G1909 the G3588 clouds G3507 of heaven G3772 with G3326 power G1411 and G2532 great G4183 glory. G1391

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:8 - And G1161 many G4183 spread G4766 their G846 garments G2440 in G1519 the G3588 way: G3598 and G1161 others G243 cut down G2875 branches G4746 off G1537 the G3588 trees, G1186 and G2532 strawed G4766 them in G1519 the G3588 way. G3598

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:52 - And G1161 all G3956 wept, G2799 and G2532 bewailed G2875 her: G846 but G1161 he said, G2036 Weep G2799 not; G3361 she is G599➔ not G3756 dead, ➔G599 but G235 sleepeth. G2518

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:27 - And G1161 there followed G190 him G846 a great G4183 company G4128 of people, G2992 and G2532 of women, G1135 which G3739 also G2532 bewailed G2875 and G2532 lamented G2354 him. G846

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:7 - Behold, G2400 he cometh G2064 with G3326 clouds; G3507 and G2532 every G3956 eye G3788 shall see G3700 him, G846 and G2532 they also which G3748 pierced G1574 him: G846 and G2532 all G3956 kindreds G5443 of the G3588 earth G1093 shall wail G2875 because G1909 of him. G846 Even so, G3483 Amen. G281

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:9 - And G2532 the G3588 kings G935 of the G3588 earth, G1093 who G3588 have committed fornication G4203 and G2532 lived deliciously G4763 with G3326 her, G846 shall bewail G2799 her, G846 and G2532 lament G2875 for G1909 her, G846 when G3752 they shall see G991 the G3588 smoke G2586 of her G846 burning, G4451
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