G2629: κατακόπτω (katakóptō)

G2629 κατακόπτω (katakóptō)

Greek

Quick Definition

κατακόπτω v. I beat, wound

Strong's Definition

from 2596 and 2875; to chop down, i.e. mangle

KJV Usage: cut

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κατακόπτω (G2629)

verb | κόπτω

19.21 · Physical Impact · Pierce, Cut

to cut to cut severely with some sharp instrument or object Some have interpreted κατακόπτω in MRK 5:5 as meaning ‘to bruise severely’ on the basis that stones would only bruise rather than cut, but this inference seems unnecessary.

MRK 5:5

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κατα-κόπτω:; 1. to cut up, cut to pieces, [see κατά, IIL. 4]; to slay: Is. xxvii. 9; 2 Chr. xxxiv. 7, ete.; Hat. et sqq- 2. to beat, bruise: ἑαυτὸν λίθοις, Mk. v. 5; [al. retain here the primary meaning, to cut, gash, mangle ].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κατακόπτω katakoptō 1x

to cut or dash in pieces; to mangle, wound, Mk. 5:5*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κατα-κόπτω ,

[in LXX for נכה hi., כּתת pi., etc.;]

to cut up, cut in pieces (cf. Is 27:9, Je 21:7, II Ch 34:7): ἑαυτὸν λίθοις, Mk 5:5.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κατακόπτω. For this verb in the derived sense of ‘‘ beat,” “" bruise,’’ as in Mk 5° (cf. Wycliffe ‘‘ betynge hymsilf,’’ and see Field Notes, p. 27), we may cite P Lips I. 372° (a.D. 389) ἔπειτα κατέκοψα[ν] m[Anylais αὐτὸν κατά tle] τῶν σκελῶν Kal κατὰ τῶν ἄλλων μελῴῷ[ν] τοῦ σώματος, and the illiterate PSI IV. 313° (ili/iv A.D.) πλῆγές μαι κατέκοψεν καθ᾽ ὅλου τοῦ σώματος. See also Kazbe/ 31687---μάμμη] δ᾽ Εἰὐτοχία μασ[τοὺ]ς κατεκόψατο, ols ἔτρεφέν σε Μοίραις, [κ]αὶ φθιμένους ὀκταέτης ἔ[μολες. The editor suggests a new word κατακοπτικόν in the magic P Lond 121*° (iii/a.p.) (=I. p. 98), but the line in which it occurs has been intentionally obliterated, and the context is wholly wanting.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κατακόπτω (katakoptō) — to cut. κατα-κόπτω, cut down, fell, of trees, in passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. cut in pieces, cut up, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; κρέα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατακοπείς cut in pieces, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. cut down, massacre, butcher, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ὥσπερ βόες κατεκόπησαν [Refs 1st c.BC+]

4. in a military sense, cut in pieces, 'cut up', τὴν μόραν [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, κατακοπῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. κ. πληγαῖς τινα [Refs 4th c.AD+]

6. generally, break in pieces, destroy, στεφάνους [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔρια ὑπὸ τῶν σέων κατακοπτόμενα fretted in pieces, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατεκόπημεν ἄν we should have been made mince-meat of, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

7. weary, bore, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

8. Rhet., λέξις -κεκομμένη 'staccato', jerky composition, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

9. in middle, μαστοὺς κατεκόψατο, in vehement grief, [Refs]

II. strike with a die, coin bullion into money, [Refs 5th c.BC+]