G1581: ἐκκόπτω (ekkóptō)

G1581 ἐκκόπτω (ekkóptō)

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Quick Definition

ἐκκόπτω v. I cut out, cut off

Strong's Definition

from 1537 and 2875; to exscind; figuratively, to frustrate

KJV Usage: cut down (off, out), hew down, hinder

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐκκόπτω (G1581)

verb | aor.pass. ἐξεκόπην · fut.pass. ἐκκοπήσομαι | κόπτω

19.18 · Physical Impact · Pierce, Cut

to cut down, to cut off, to cut in two to cut in such a way as to cause separation

MAT 3:10 · MAT 5:30 · MAT 7:19 · MAT 18:8 · LUK 3:9 · LUK 13:7 · LUK 13:9 · ROM 11:22 · ROM 11:24

13.101 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Exist

to do away with, to eliminate (a figurative extension of meaning of ἐκκόπτω[a] ‘to cut off,’ 19.18) to cause to cease by removing

2CO 11:12

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐκ-κόπτω : fut. ἐκκόψω ; 1 aor. impy. ἔκκοψον, subjune. ἐκκόψω ; [Pass., pres. ἐκκόπτομαι] ; 2 aor. ἐξεκόπην ; 2 fut. ἐκκοπήσομαι ; to cul oul, cutoff; a. properly: of a tree, Mt. iii. 10; vii. 19; Lk. iii. 9; xiii. 7, 9, (Hdt. 9, 97, ete.) ; a hand, aneye: Mt. v. 80; xviii. 8, (τὸν ὀφθαλμόν, Dem. p. 744, (13) 17); pass. ἔκ τινος, a branch from a tree, Ro. xi. 22,24. b. figuratively: τὴν ἀφορμήν, to cut off oceasion, 2 Co. xi. 12, (τὴν ἐλπίδα, Job xix. 10). In 1 Pet. iii. 7 read ἐγκόπτεσθαι ; see ἐγκόπτω.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐκκόπτω ekkoptō 10x

to cut out; to cut off, Mt. 3:10; 5:30; met. to cut off an occasion, remove, prevent, 2 Cor. 11:12; to render ineffectual, Mt. 7:19; 18:8; Lk. 3:9; 12:7, 9; Rom. 11:22, 24; 1 Pet. 3:7*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἐκ-κοπή, -ῆς, ἡ

[in Aq.: Is 51:1 * ;]

in T for ἐνκοπή (q.v.): I Co 9:12.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐκκόπτω (ekkoptō) — to prevent. ἐκκόπτ-ω, cut out, knock out, τοὺς γομφίους [Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἢν..τωφθαλμὼ᾽ κκοπῇς have your eyes knocked out, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξεκέκοπτο τὴν φωνήν had lost his voice, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. cut [trees] out of a wood, fell, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παράδεισον laid waste the park, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

2. b metaphorically, cut off, make an end of, τοὺς ἄνδρας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. φενακισμόν, ἱεροσυλίαν, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; eradicate abuses, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὴν αἰσθητικὴν ἐνέργειαν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; extirpate, [λύπας] [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, ἡ θρασύτης ἐξεκέκοπτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. c ἐ. πλοῖα scuttle ships, [Refs]

3. as military term, beat off, repulse, τὰς ἀκροβολίσεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. win, in throwing the dice, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— passive, to be ruined at play, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

5. ἐ. θύρας break open, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

6. cut out or erase an inscription, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα [NT]; cut out, as a surgeon does, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

7. coin, stamp money, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

7. b metaphorically, φαντασίαν ἐ. ὡς.. [Refs 1st c.BC+] O.; γένη οὐκ ἐκκοπτόμενα ἰδίοις τέλεσι genders not marked by different terminations, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐ. ἀναφθέγματα coin expressions, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

8. hinder, bring to a stop, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II. intransitive, pause, come to a stop, [Refs]