Greek verb · G2875
κόπτω
koptokop'-to
to strike, smite.; to cut off
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kóptō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2875is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2875
to "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief
The King James renders it: cut down, lament, mourn, (be-)wail.
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
kopto is rendered "to strike, smite.; to cut off". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to strike, smite.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
Matthew 11:17ἐκόψασθε
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's eight uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to strike, smite., and to cut off.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to strike, smite. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ |
| to cut offwith accusative of thing(s), before ἀπό, Mat.21:8; ἐκ, Mrk.11:8. Mid., to beat one's breast with grief, to mourn, bewail | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ |
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.
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- κόψονται3
- ἐκόπτοντο2
- ἔκοπτον1
- ἐκόψασθε1
- κόψαντες1
The grammar of each form
- verb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person plural3V-FDI-3P
- verb · imperfect middle, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-IMI-3P
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
- verb · aorist middle, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-AMI-2P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
Matthew
three uses
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
- ἐκόψασθεekopsastheverb · aorist middle, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you did wail
A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
- ἔκοπτονekoptonverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were cutting down
At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.
- κόψονταιkopsontaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will mourn
Mark
one use
Many in the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut from the fields.
- κόψαντεςkopsantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: cutting down
Luke
two uses
Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
- ἐκόπτοντοekoptontoverb · imperfect middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were mourning for
A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
- ἐκόπτοντοekoptontoverb · imperfect middle, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were mourning
Revelation
two uses
Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
- κόψονταιkopsontaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will wail
Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
- κόψονταιkopsontaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will wail
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.