Strong G1464ἐγκοπή

hindrance

Transliteration
egkopē
Pronunciation
eng-kop-ay'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G1465; a hindrance: - X hinder.

Detailed definition

ἐγκοπή, see: ἐνκ-.
ἐν-κοπή (Rec. ἐγκ-, see: ἐν; T, ἐκκ-), -ῆς, ἡ (ἐγκόπτω);
1. an incision, a cutting, break. 2. Metaphorical, an interruption, a hindrance: 1Co.9:12.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1464 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • hinder1

First verses

  1. 1 Corinthians 9:12
    If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐγκοπ-ή, ἡ,
incision, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.38)]; fracture of skull, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus “de signis fracturarum - Physici et Medici Graeci Minores” 3, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 46.12.1.)]
2 steps cut in the wall of wells, etc., [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aelius Dionysius Grammaticus “fragment” 90.)]
II hindrance, οἴησις προκοπῆς ἐ. [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 131, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.6, NT.1Cor.9.12, Vett. Val. 2.7 (_plural_))]; material obstacle, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.32)]; interruption, check, τῆς ἁρμονίας [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 22; τοῦ λόγου 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “τέχναι ῥητορικαί” 2p.514S., compare 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 21)]; κατ᾽ ἐγκοπάς disjointedly, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 41.3.)]