Strong G1581ἐκκόπτω
to prevent
- Transliteration
- ekkoptō
- Pronunciation
- ek-kop'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐκ-κόπτω,
[in LXX for כָּרַת, etc.;]
to cut out, cut off, cut down: of a hand, foot, Mat.5:30 18:8; a tree, Mat.3:10 7:19 Luk.3:9 13:7, 9; figuratively, of a branch, Rom.11:22; before ἐκ, Rom.11:24; metaphorically, τ. ἀφορμήν (cf. Job.19:10 ἐλπίδα), 2Co.11:12.†
(AS)
[in LXX for כָּרַת, etc.;]
to cut out, cut off, cut down: of a hand, foot, Mat.5:30 18:8; a tree, Mat.3:10 7:19 Luk.3:9 13:7, 9; figuratively, of a branch, Rom.11:22; before ἐκ, Rom.11:24; metaphorically, τ. ἀφορμήν (cf. Job.19:10 ἐλπίδα), 2Co.11:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1581 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- cut7
- hewn3
- down2
- off2
- be1
- hinder1
First verses
- Matthew 3:10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Matthew 5:30And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
- Matthew 7:19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Matthew 18:8Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
- Luke 3:9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
- Luke 13:7Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
- Luke 13:9And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
- Romans 11:22Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
- Romans 11:24For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
- 2 Corinthians 11:12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
- 1 Peter 3:7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐκκόπτ-ω,
cut out, knock out, τοὺς γομφίους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 68; τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἐξέκοψε τὸ φθέγμα 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.163:)] —passive, ἢν..τωφθαλμὼ᾽ κκοπῇς have your eyes knocked out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 342; τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκκεκομμένος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.67)]; ἐξεκέκοπτο τὴν φωνήν had lost his voice, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 16.)]
2 cut [trees] out of a wood, fell, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.37 (_passive_), 9.97, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.99, etc.; δένδρα ἐκκεκόφασι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.37)]; παράδεισον laid waste the park, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “An.” 1.4.10; χωρία 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.87; νήσους καὶ πόλεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 24: hence,)]
2.b metaphorically, cut off, make an end of, τοὺς ἄνδρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.110)]; ἐ. φενακισμόν, ἱεροσυλίαν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.4, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.39)]; eradicate abuses, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 669.64 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))]; τὴν αἰσθητικὴν ἐνέργειαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 656b5)]; extirpate, [λύπας] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 2)]:—passive, ἡ θρασύτης ἐξεκέκοπτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 155c.)]
2.c ἐ. πλοῖα scuttle ships, [Refs (“IG” 12(7).386.9 (from Amorgos).)]
3 as military term, beat off, repulse, τὰς ἀκροβολίσεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.15; τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳ [prev. author] “HG” 7.4.26.)]
4 win, in throwing the dice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 44, Menecr.I 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]:— passive, to be ruined at play, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
5 ἐ. θύρας break open, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.6; οἰκίαν ἐ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.3.10.)]
6 cut out or erase an inscription, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 38.38 (Teos, 5th c.BC), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1400a33; οὐδενὶ ἐξέσται..γράμμα ἐκκόψαι “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3028 (from Ephesus), +others)]; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα [NT (NT.Matt.5.30)]; cut out, as a surgeon does, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 24.)]
7 coin, stamp money, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.26.)]
7.b metaphorically, φαντασίαν ἐ. ὡς.. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.56)] O.; γένη οὐκ ἐκκοπτόμενα ἰδίοις τέλεσι genders not marked by different terminations, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 104.23)]; ἐ. ἀναφθέγματα coin expressions, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.14.)]
8 hinder, bring to a stop, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PAlex. 4.1 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 268.6.)]
II intransitive, pause, come to a stop, [Refs ([prev. author] 260.24.)]
cut out, knock out, τοὺς γομφίους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 68; τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἐξέκοψε τὸ φθέγμα 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.163:)] —passive, ἢν..τωφθαλμὼ᾽ κκοπῇς have your eyes knocked out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 342; τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκκεκομμένος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.67)]; ἐξεκέκοπτο τὴν φωνήν had lost his voice, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 16.)]
2 cut [trees] out of a wood, fell, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.37 (_passive_), 9.97, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.99, etc.; δένδρα ἐκκεκόφασι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.37)]; παράδεισον laid waste the park, [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] “An.” 1.4.10; χωρία 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.87; νήσους καὶ πόλεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 24: hence,)]
2.b metaphorically, cut off, make an end of, τοὺς ἄνδρας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.110)]; ἐ. φενακισμόν, ἱεροσυλίαν, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.4, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.39)]; eradicate abuses, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 669.64 (Egypt, 1st c.AD))]; τὴν αἰσθητικὴν ἐνέργειαν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 656b5)]; extirpate, [λύπας] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 2)]:—passive, ἡ θρασύτης ἐξεκέκοπτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 155c.)]
2.c ἐ. πλοῖα scuttle ships, [Refs (“IG” 12(7).386.9 (from Amorgos).)]
3 as military term, beat off, repulse, τὰς ἀκροβολίσεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.15; τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳ [prev. author] “HG” 7.4.26.)]
4 win, in throwing the dice, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 44, Menecr.I 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator)]:— passive, to be ruined at play, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
5 ἐ. θύρας break open, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.6; οἰκίαν ἐ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.3.10.)]
6 cut out or erase an inscription, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“SIG” 38.38 (Teos, 5th c.BC), 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1400a33; οὐδενὶ ἐξέσται..γράμμα ἐκκόψαι “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3028 (from Ephesus), +others)]; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα [NT (NT.Matt.5.30)]; cut out, as a surgeon does, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 24.)]
7 coin, stamp money, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.26.)]
7.b metaphorically, φαντασίαν ἐ. ὡς.. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.56)] O.; γένη οὐκ ἐκκοπτόμενα ἰδίοις τέλεσι genders not marked by different terminations, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 104.23)]; ἐ. ἀναφθέγματα coin expressions, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “D.” 3.14.)]
8 hinder, bring to a stop, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PAlex. 4.1 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 268.6.)]
II intransitive, pause, come to a stop, [Refs ([prev. author] 260.24.)]