Strong's Lexicon koptó: To cut, to strike, to mourn Original Word: κόπτω Word Origin: A primary verb Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H5594 (סָפַד, saphad): To wail, to lament - H1058 (בָּכָה, bakah): To weep, to mourn Usage: The Greek verb "koptó" primarily means "to cut" or "to strike." In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to describe the act of mourning or lamentation, particularly in the context of beating one's breast as an expression of grief or sorrow. This usage reflects a deep, emotional response to loss or repentance. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures, mourning was often expressed through physical gestures such as tearing one's clothes, wearing sackcloth, and beating one's breast. These actions were outward signs of inner grief and were part of communal and personal expressions of sorrow. The act of "koptó" as mourning was a culturally understood expression of lament, often seen in funerary contexts or in response to national or personal tragedy. HELPS Word-studies 2875 kóptō – properly, to cut; be incised (struck), resulting in severance ("being cut off"); (figuratively) to mourn (lament) with a cutting sense of personal, tragic loss, i.e. "cut to the heart." NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom a prim. root kop- Definition to cut (off), strike, by ext. to mourn NASB Translation cut (1), cutting (1), lament (1), lamenting (1), mourn (3), mourning (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2875: κόπτωκόπτω: 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): Strong's Exhaustive Concordance cut down, strikeA primary verb; to "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief -- cut down, lament, mourn, (be-)wail. Compare the base of tomoteros. see GREEK tomoteros Forms and Transliterations εκκόψωμεν εκοπτον έκοπτον ἔκοπτον εκοπτοντο εκόπτοντο ἐκόπτοντο έκοψα έκοψαν εκόψαντο εκοψασθε εκόψασθε ἐκόψασθε εκόψατο έκοψε έκοψέ κεκομμένον κεκομμένω κοπής κοπήσονται κοπήτω κόπτειν κόπτεσθε κόπτετε κοπτόμενοι κόπτονται κ'οπτοντες κόπτοντες κόπτοντος κόπτουσι κόπτων κόπωσις κόψαι κοψαντες κόψαντες κόψασθαι κόψασθε κόψατε κοψάτωσάν κόψει κόψεις κόψεσθε κόψεται κόψη κόψησθε κόψομεν κοψονται κόψονται κόψονταί κόψωμεν κόψωσιν ekopsasthe ekópsasthe ekopton ékopton ekoptonto ekóptonto kopsantes kópsantes kopsontai kópsontaiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Matthew 11:17 V-AIM-2PGRK: καὶ οὐκ ἐκόψασθε NAS: we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.' KJV: ye have not lamented. INT: and not you did wail Matthew 21:8 V-IIA-3P Matthew 24:30 V-FIM-3P Mark 11:8 V-APA-NMP Luke 8:52 V-IIM-3P Luke 23:27 V-IIM-3P Revelation 1:7 V-FIM-3P Revelation 18:9 V-FIM-3P Strong's Greek 2875 |
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