The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κόπτω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaκόπτω
Citation formκόπτω
Part of speechverb
GlossI cut off, mourn
Strong’sG2875
Transliterationkóptō
Definitionto "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief
KJV glosses:--cut down, lament, mourn, (be-)wail.
Derivationa primary verb
SBLGNT occurrences8

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἔκοπτον
verb, third person, imperfect, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3IAI-P--) — Matthew 21:8
ἐκόπτοντο
verb, third person, imperfect, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3IMI-P--) — Luke 23:27
verb, third person, imperfect, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3IMI-P--) — Luke 8:52
ἐκόψασθε
verb, second person, aorist, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2AMI-P--) — Matthew 11:17
κόψαντες
verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -AAPNPM-) — Mark 11:8
κόψονται
verb, third person, future, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FMI-P--) — Matthew 24:30
verb, third person, future, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FMI-P--) — Revelation 1:7
verb, third person, future, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3FMI-P--) — Revelation 18:9

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: κοπτω.