Lexical Summary ekkoptō: to cut off, cut down, cut out, to frustrate Original Word: ἐκκόπτωTransliteration: ekkoptō Phonetic Spelling: (ek-kop'-to) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to cut off, cut down, cut out, to frustrate Meaning: to cut off, cut down, cut out, to frustrate Strong's Concordance cut down, cut out, hew down, hinder. From ek and kopto; to exscind; figuratively, to frustrate -- cut down (off, out), hew down, hinder. see GREEK ek see GREEK kopto Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1581: ἐκκόπτωἐκκόπτω: future ἐκκόψω; 1 aorist imperative ἔκκοψον, subjunctive ἐκκόψω; (passive, present ἐκκόπτομαι); 2 aorist ἐξεκοπην; 2 future ἐκκοπήσομαι; to cut out, cut off; a. properly: of a tree, Matthew 3:10; Matthew 7:19; Luke 3:9; Luke 13:7, 9 (Herodotus 9, 97, etc.); a hand, an eye: Matthew 5:30; Matthew 18:8 (τόν ὀφθυλμον, Demosthenes, p. 744 (13) 17); passive ἐκ τίνος, a branch from a tree, Romans 11:22, 24. b. figuratively: τήν ἀφορμήν, to cut off occasion, 2 Corinthians 11:12 (τήν ἐλπίδα, Job 19:10). In 1 Peter 3:7 read ἐγκόπτεσθαι; see ἐγκόπτω. |
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