Strong G2955κύπτω
to stoop/bend down
- Transliteration
- kuptō
- Pronunciation
- koop'-to
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Probably from the base of G2949; to bend forward: - stoop (down).
Detailed definition
κύπτω
[in LXX chiefly for קָדַד;]
to bow the head, stoop down: Mrk.1:7; before κάτω, Jhn.8:6, 8 (cf. ἀνα-, παρα-, συν-κύπτω).†
κατα-κύπτω,
[in LXX: 4Ki.9:32 (שָׁקַף hi.)*;]
to bend down, stoop: Jhn.8:8 (κάτω κύψας, Rec., WH, mg.).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for קָדַד;]
to bow the head, stoop down: Mrk.1:7; before κάτω, Jhn.8:6, 8 (cf. ἀνα-, παρα-, συν-κύπτω).†
κατα-κύπτω,
[in LXX: 4Ki.9:32 (שָׁקַף hi.)*;]
to bend down, stoop: Jhn.8:8 (κάτω κύψας, Rec., WH, mg.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2955 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stoop3
First verses
- Mark 1:7And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
- John 8:6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
- John 8:8And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κύπτω,
future κύψω [LXX (LXX.Psa.9.31 (10.10):)]aorist ἔκυψα (see. below): perfect κέκῡφα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 217)]:—bend forward, stoop, πλευρά, τά οἱ κύψαντι παρ᾽ ἀσπίδος ἐξεφαάνθη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.468; ἔλαβεν.. κύψας ἐκ πεδίοιο 17.621, compare 21.69)]; ὁσσάκι γὰρ κύψει᾽ ὁ γέρων πιέειν μενεαίνων κτλ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.585; κ. ἐστὴν γῆν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14; κάτω κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 279 (Lyric poetry), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 24.8; κεκυφότες εἰς γῆν καὶ εἰς τραπέζας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 586a; χαμᾶζε 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 45: frequently in)]aorist participle with another Verb, ἔθει κύψας ran with the head down, i.e. at full speed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1091 (_anapaest meter_); ὁμόσ᾽ εἶμι κύψας [prev. author] “Ec.” 863; ἐς τὴν γῆν κύψασα κάτω βαδίζει [prev. author] “fragment” 395)]; κύψας ἐσθίει eats stooping, i.e. greedily, [Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pax” 33; obscene meaning, 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 22 Diehl.)]
2 hang the head from shame, οὗτος, τί κύπτει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1354, “Th.” 930; or sorrow, 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 30.6, 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 1.27, or thought, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.21, 23 (_anapaest meter_).)]
3 bow down under a burden, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.323.)]
4 κύψαι, = {ἀπάγξασθαι}, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 35, compare 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]
5 of animals, to be bowed forward, opposed to the erect figure of man, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 657a15)]; κέρεα κεκυφότα ἐς τὸ ἔμπροσθε horns bent forward, of certain African oxen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.183; ἐπὴν ὁ στόμαχος [τῆς ὑστέρης] ἐς τὸν ἀρχὸν κεκύφῃ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus [same place])]
future κύψω [LXX (LXX.Psa.9.31 (10.10):)]aorist ἔκυψα (see. below): perfect κέκῡφα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 217)]:—bend forward, stoop, πλευρά, τά οἱ κύψαντι παρ᾽ ἀσπίδος ἐξεφαάνθη [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.468; ἔλαβεν.. κύψας ἐκ πεδίοιο 17.621, compare 21.69)]; ὁσσάκι γὰρ κύψει᾽ ὁ γέρων πιέειν μενεαίνων κτλ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.585; κ. ἐστὴν γῆν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14; κάτω κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 279 (Lyric poetry), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 24.8; κεκυφότες εἰς γῆν καὶ εἰς τραπέζας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 586a; χαμᾶζε 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Antonius” 45: frequently in)]aorist participle with another Verb, ἔθει κύψας ran with the head down, i.e. at full speed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1091 (_anapaest meter_); ὁμόσ᾽ εἶμι κύψας [prev. author] “Ec.” 863; ἐς τὴν γῆν κύψασα κάτω βαδίζει [prev. author] “fragment” 395)]; κύψας ἐσθίει eats stooping, i.e. greedily, [Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Pax” 33; obscene meaning, 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 22 Diehl.)]
2 hang the head from shame, οὗτος, τί κύπτει; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1354, “Th.” 930; or sorrow, 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 30.6, 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 1.27, or thought, 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.21, 23 (_anapaest meter_).)]
3 bow down under a burden, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.323.)]
4 κύψαι, = {ἀπάγξασθαι}, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 35, compare 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc.)]
5 of animals, to be bowed forward, opposed to the erect figure of man, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 657a15)]; κέρεα κεκυφότα ἐς τὸ ἔμπροσθε horns bent forward, of certain African oxen, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.183; ἐπὴν ὁ στόμαχος [τῆς ὑστέρης] ἐς τὸν ἀρχὸν κεκύφῃ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus [same place])]