κόπτω
koptō
“to cut/mourn”
Definition
to "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief
a primary verb;
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
G:V
Greek Verb
Occurrences
κόπτω appears 8 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
‘We played the flute for you,and you did not dance;we sang a dirge,and you did not mourn.’
A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
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.
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