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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.)
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 BoxMat 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:17 - and say G3004, ‘We played G832 the G832 flute G832 for you, and you did not dance G3738; we sang G2354 a G2354 song G2354 of G2354 mourning G2354, and you did not [fn]mourn G2875.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:8 - Most G4183 of the crowd G3793 spread G4766 their cloaks G2440 on the road G3598, and others G243 were cutting G2875 branches G2798 from the trees G1186 and spreading G4766 them on the road G3598.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30 - “And then G5119 the sign G4592 of the Son G5207 of Man G444 will appear G5316 in the sky G3772, and then G5119 all G3956 the tribes G5443 of the earth G1093 will mourn G2875, and they will see G3708 the SON G5207 OF MAN G444 COMING G2064 ON THE CLOUDS G3507 OF THE SKY G3772 with power G1411 and great G4183 glory G1391.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:8 - And many G4183 people G4183 spread G4766 their cloaks G2440 on the road G3598, and others G243 spread leafy G4746 branches G4746 which they had cut G2875 from the fields G68.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:52 - Now G1161 they were all G3956 weeping G2799 and mourning G2875 for her; but He said G3004, “Stop G3361 weeping G2799, for she has not died G599, but is G2518 asleep G2518.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:27 -

Now G1161 following G190 Him was a large G4183 crowd G4128 of the people G2992, and of women G1135 who G3739 were [fn]mourning G2875 and grieving G2354 for Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:7 - BEHOLD G2400, HE IS COMING G2064 WITH THE CLOUDS G3507, and every G3956 eye G3788 will see G3708 Him, even G2532 those who G3748 pierced G1574 Him; and all G3956 the tribes G5443 of the earth G1093 will mourn G2875 over G1909 Him. [fn]So G3483 it G3483 is G3483 to G3483 be G3483. Amen G281.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:9 -

“And the kings G935 of the earth G1093, who committed G4203 acts of sexual G4203 immorality G4203 and lived G4763 luxuriously G4763 with her, will weep G2799 and mourn G2875 over G1909 her when G3752 they see G991 the smoke G2586 of her burning G4451,

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