Greek verb · G1581
ἐκκόπτω
ekkoptoek-kop'-to
to prevent
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ekkóptō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1581is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1581
to exscind; figuratively, to frustrate
The King James renders it: cut down (off, out), hew down, hinder.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ekkopto is rendered "to prevent". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Four of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:10The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
Matthew 3:10ἐκκόπτεται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's ten uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- is cut down3
- do cut off2
- do cut down1
- I may cut off1
- were cut off1
- will be cut off1
- you will cut down1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐκκομίζω | ekkomizo | to carry out | Uses1 |
| ἐκκολυμβάω | ekkolymbao | to swim out | Uses1 |
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐκκόπτεται3
- ἔκκοψον3
- ἐκκοπήσῃ1
- ἐκκόψεις1
- ἐκκόψω1
- ἐξεκόπης1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular3V-AAM-2S
- verb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-PPI-3S
- verb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-2API-2S
- verb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-2FPI-2S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singular1V-AAS-1S
- verb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-FAI-2S
Matthew
four uses
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
- ἐκκόπτεταιekkoptetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is cut down
And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.
- ἔκκοψονekkopsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do cut off
Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
- ἐκκόπτεταιekkoptetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is cut down
If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.
- ἔκκοψονekkopsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do cut off
Luke
three uses
The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”
- ἐκκόπτεταιekkoptetaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is cut down
So he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
- ἔκκοψονekkopsonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do cut down
If it bears fruit next year, fine. But if not, you can cut it down.’”
- ἐκκόψειςekkopseisverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you will cut down
Romans
two uses
Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
- ἐκκοπήσῃekkopeseverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: will be cut off
For if you were cut from a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into one that is cultivated, how much more readily will these, the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree!
- ἐξεκόπηςexekopesverb · aorist passive, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: were cut off
2 Corinthians
one use
But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
- ἐκκόψωekkopsoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may cut off
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.