Strong G2870κοπετός
lamentation
- Transliteration
- kopetos
- Pronunciation
- kop-et-os'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G2875; mourning (properly by beating the breast): - lamentation.
Detailed definition
κοπετός, -οῦ, ὁ
(κόπτω, mid.), [in LXX chiefly for מִסְפֵּד;]
= cl. κομμός, a beating of the head and breast, lamentation: before ἐπί with dative of person(s), Act.8:2.†
(AS)
(κόπτω, mid.), [in LXX chiefly for מִסְפֵּד;]
= cl. κομμός, a beating of the head and breast, lamentation: before ἐπί with dative of person(s), Act.8:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2870 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lamentation1
First verses
- Acts 8:2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κοπετός, ὁ,
noise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 347)]; especially of lamentation, ={κομμός}, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Act.8.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 17 (_plural_), “Anthologia Graeca” 11.122 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus).)]
noise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 347)]; especially of lamentation, ={κομμός}, [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.Act.8.2, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 17 (_plural_), “Anthologia Graeca” 11.122 (1st c.AD: Nicarchus Epigrammaticus).)]