Strong G609ἀποκόπτω
to cut off
- Transliteration
- apokoptō
- Pronunciation
- ap-ok-op'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀπο-κόπτω
[in LXX for קָצַץ, כָּרַת, etc.;]
to cut off: Mrk.9:43, 45, Jhn.18:10, 26 Act.27:32. Mid., to mutilate oneself, have oneself mutilated: Gal.5:12 (cf. Deu.23:1 LXX; and see Cremer, 751; MM, see word).†
(AS)
[in LXX for קָצַץ, כָּרַת, etc.;]
to cut off: Mrk.9:43, 45, Jhn.18:10, 26 Act.27:32. Mid., to mutilate oneself, have oneself mutilated: Gal.5:12 (cf. Deu.23:1 LXX; and see Cremer, 751; MM, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G609 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cut6
- off2
- be1
First verses
- Mark 9:43And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
- Mark 9:45And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
- John 18:10Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
- John 18:26One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him?
- Acts 27:32Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
- Galatians 5:12I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀπο-κόπτω,
cut off, hew off, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, of men's limbs, κάρη ἀπέκοψε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.261; ἀπό τ᾽ αὐχένα κόψας [prev. work] 146, +others)]; in Prose, χεῖρας ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.91, etc.; ἀγκύρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.21; γεφύρας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 26)]; amputate, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 47.13.2; νηῶν ἀποκόψειν ἄκρα κόρυμβα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.241; ἀπὸ πείσματ᾽ ἔκοψα νεός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.127)]; ἀΐξας ἀπέκοψε παρήορον he cut loose the trace-horse, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.474:)] —passive, ἀποκεκόψονται, of buds, will be cut off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1125, compare 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 11.8)]; ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα have it cut off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.114)]; ἀ.τὰ γεννητικά, of eunuchs, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.89: _absolutely_, ἀποκεκομμένος)]eunuch, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Deu.23.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Eun.” 8)]:—middle, make oneself a eunuch, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Gal.5.12, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.20.19.)]
2 metaphorically, ἀπ᾽ ἐλπίδα φημὶ κεκόφθαι ναυτιλίης νόστου τε[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1272, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.63.8; ἔλεον 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.23)]; ἀ. τὸ ἀμφίβολον τῆς γνώμης decide summarily, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.8; also ἀποκοπῆναι τῆς ἐλπίδος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 2)]; διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀποκόπτειν τὴν πολυχρόνιον ζωήν exclude from the reckoning, despair of, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.22)]; reject, exclude, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Sign.” 7, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.13)]:—middle, uncertain in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 23.)]
3 especially of voice or breath, cut short, τὸν τοῦ πνεύματος τόνον[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 14, compare 22)]:—passive, ἀποκέκοπταί τινι ἡ φωνή[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 25, compare 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.85.)]
4 of literary periods or phrases, bring to an abrupt close, δεῖ τῆ μακρᾶ -κόπτεσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1409a19, compare 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 18, 238.)]
5 Grammars, in passive, to be cut short by ἀποκοπή (which see), [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 487.10, “Etymologicum Magnum” 609.54.)]
6 abstract an idea or word from its context, τὸ ἀγαθὸς ἀποκοπέν[Refs (Anonymus “in SE” 57.31.)]
II ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τόπου beat off from a strong place, of soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.39, 4.2.10.)]
III middle, smite the breast in mourning: with accusative, mourn for, νεκρόν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 628.)]
cut off, hew off, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, of men's limbs, κάρη ἀπέκοψε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.261; ἀπό τ᾽ αὐχένα κόψας [prev. work] 146, +others)]; in Prose, χεῖρας ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.91, etc.; ἀγκύρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.21; γεφύρας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 26)]; amputate, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 47.13.2; νηῶν ἀποκόψειν ἄκρα κόρυμβα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.241; ἀπὸ πείσματ᾽ ἔκοψα νεός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.127)]; ἀΐξας ἀπέκοψε παρήορον he cut loose the trace-horse, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.474:)] —passive, ἀποκεκόψονται, of buds, will be cut off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1125, compare 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 11.8)]; ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα have it cut off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.114)]; ἀ.τὰ γεννητικά, of eunuchs, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.89: _absolutely_, ἀποκεκομμένος)]eunuch, [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Deu.23.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Eun.” 8)]:—middle, make oneself a eunuch, [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.Gal.5.12, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.20.19.)]
2 metaphorically, ἀπ᾽ ἐλπίδα φημὶ κεκόφθαι ναυτιλίης νόστου τε[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1272, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.63.8; ἔλεον 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.23)]; ἀ. τὸ ἀμφίβολον τῆς γνώμης decide summarily, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.8; also ἀποκοπῆναι τῆς ἐλπίδος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 2)]; διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀποκόπτειν τὴν πολυχρόνιον ζωήν exclude from the reckoning, despair of, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.22)]; reject, exclude, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Sign.” 7, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.13)]:—middle, uncertain in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 23.)]
3 especially of voice or breath, cut short, τὸν τοῦ πνεύματος τόνον[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 14, compare 22)]:—passive, ἀποκέκοπταί τινι ἡ φωνή[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demosthenes” 25, compare 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.85.)]
4 of literary periods or phrases, bring to an abrupt close, δεῖ τῆ μακρᾶ -κόπτεσθαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1409a19, compare 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 18, 238.)]
5 Grammars, in passive, to be cut short by ἀποκοπή (which see), [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 487.10, “Etymologicum Magnum” 609.54.)]
6 abstract an idea or word from its context, τὸ ἀγαθὸς ἀποκοπέν[Refs (Anonymus “in SE” 57.31.)]
II ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τόπου beat off from a strong place, of soldiers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.39, 4.2.10.)]
III middle, smite the breast in mourning: with accusative, mourn for, νεκρόν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 628.)]