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Strong's G2875 · Greek

κόπτω

kopto · kop'-to

a primary verb; to "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κόπτω (G2875)

10 κόπτω , [in LXX for כּרת , ספד , נכה hi., etc.;] to strike , smite . to cut off : c. acc. rei, seq. ἀπό , Mt 21:8 ; ἐκ , Mk 11:8 . Mid., to beat one's breast with grief, to mourn , bewail : Mt 11:17 24:30 ; c. acc. pers., Lk 8:52 23:27 ; seq. ἐπί , c. acc., Re 1:7 18:9 (cf. ἀνα- , ἀπο- , ἐκ- , ἐν- , κατα- , προ- , προσ-κόπτω ).† SYN. : θρηνέω , q.v.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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