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Lexicon :: Strong's G2875 - koptō

Strong's

Red Letter

κόπτω

Transliteration

koptō (Key)

Pronunciation

kop'-to

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Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A root word

Greek Inflections of κόπτω [?]

mGNT
8x in 5 unique form(s) TR
8x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
76x in 37 unique form(s)

Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:830,453

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

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to cut, strike, smite
to cut from, cut off
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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

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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

Mat 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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Mat 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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Mat 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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Mar 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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Luk 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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Luk 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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Rev 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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Rev 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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