Word Study · Strong's G609 · Greek
ἀποκόπτω
apokopto
ap-ok-op'-to
Strong's 1890 spelling: apokóptō
“to amputate”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to amputate; reflexively (by irony) to mutilate (the privy parts)
Rendered in the KJV as
cut off.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 4 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- ἀπέκοψεν2
- ἀπόκοψον2
- ἀπέκοψαν1
- ἀποκόψονται1
How it is rendered · 4
- cut off2
- do cut off2
- cut away1
- will emasculate themselves1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · future middle, statement · 3rd person plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAI-3S · 2
- V-AAM-2S · 2
- V-AAI-3P · 1
- V-FMI-3P · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Mark2 occurrences
- Mark 9:43ἀπόκοψονapokopsonverb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person singularIf your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.here: do cut off
- Mark 9:45ἀπόκοψονapokopsonverb · aorist (simple past) active, command · 2nd person singularIf your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.here: do cut off
John2 occurrences
- John 18:10ἀπέκοψενapekopsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularThen Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.here: cut off
- John 18:26ἀπέκοψενapekopsenverb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person singularOne of the high priest’s servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, “Didn’t I see you with Him in the garden?”here: cut off