Strong's Lexicon
G1581 — ἐκκόπτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1581 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐκκόπτω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1537 and G2875 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | ekkopto |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ek-kop'-to |
| Meaning: | 1. to cut out or cut off 2. (figuratively) to frustrate |
| KJV Renderings: | cut down (off, out), hew down, hinder |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐκκόπτω: future ἐκκόψω; 1 aorist imperative ἔκκοψον, subjunctive ἐκκόψω; (passive, present ἐκκόπτομαι); 2 aorist ἐξεκοπην; 2 future ἐκκοπήσομαι; to cut out, cut off;
a. properly: of a tree, Mat 3:10; Mat 7:19; Luk 3:9; Luk 13:7; Luk 13:9 (Herodotus 9, 97, etc.); a hand, an eye: Mat 5:30; Mat 18:8 (τόν ὀφθυλμον, Demosthenes, p. 744 (13) 17); passive ἐκ τίνος, a branch from a tree, Rom 11:22; Rom 11:24.
b. figuratively: τήν ἀφορμήν, to cut off occasion, 2Co 11:12 (τήν ἐλπίδα, Job 19:10). In 1Pe 3:7 read ἐγκόπτεσθαι; see ἐγκόπτω.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐκκόπτω (cut down (off)
Matthew 3:10
- KJV: And 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
- GK: ήδη δε και η αξίνη προς την ρίζαν των δένδρων κείται παν ουν δένδρον μη ποιούν καρπόν καλόν εκκόπτεται και εις πυρ βάλλεται
Matthew 5:30
- KJV: And if thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not thy whole body should be cast into hell
- GK: και ει η δεξιά σου χείρ σκανδαλίζει σε έκκοψον αυτήν και βάλε από σου συμφέρει γαρ σοι ίνα απόληται εν των μελών σου και μη όλον το σώμά σου βληθή εις γέενναν
Matthew 7:19
- KJV: Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire
- GK: παν δένδρων μη ποιούν καρπόν καλόν εκκόπτεται και εις πυρ βάλλεται
Matthew 18:8
- KJV: Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee cut them off and cast 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
- GK: ει δε η χειρ σου η ο πους σου σκανδαλίζει σε έκκοψον αυτά και βάλε από σου καλόν σοι εστίν εισελθείν εις την ζωήν χωλόν η κυλλόν η δύο χείρας η δύο πόδας έχοντα βληθήναι εις το πυρ το αιώνιον
Luke 3:9
- KJV: And 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
- GK: ήδη δε και η αξίνη προς την ρίζαν των δένδρων κείται παν ουν δένδρον μη ποιούν καρπόν καλόν εκκόπτεται και εις πυρ βάλλεται
Luke 13:7
- KJV: Then 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
- GK: είπε δε προς τον αμπελουργόν ιδού τρία έτη έρχομαι ζητών καρπόν εν τη συκή ταύτη και ουχ ευρίσκω έκκοψον αυτήν ινατί και την γην καταργεί
Luke 13:9
- KJV: And if it bear fruit and if not after that thou shalt cut it down
- GK: καν μεν ποιήση καρπόν ει εις το μέλλον εκκόψεις αυτήν
Romans 11:22
- KJV: Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God on them which fell severity but toward thee goodness if thou continue in goodness otherwise thou also shalt be cut off
- GK: ίδε ούν χρηστότητα και αποτομίαν θεού επί μεν τους πεσόντας αποτομίαν επί δε σε χρηστότητα εάν επιμείνης τη χρηστότητι επεί και συ εκκοπήση
Romans 11:24
- KJV: For 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 be graffed into their own olive tree
- GK: ει γαρ συ εκ της κατά φύσιν εξεκόπης αγριελαίου και παρά φύσιν ενεκεντρίσθης εις καλλιέλαιον πόσω μάλλον ούτοι οι κατά φύσιν εγκεντρισθήσονται τη ιδία ελαία
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