Strong's Lexicon
G609 — ἀποκόπτω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G609 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀποκόπτω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G575 and G2875 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | apokopto |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ap-ok-op'-to |
| Meaning: | 1. to amputate 2. (reflexively, by irony) to mutilate (the private parts), to castrate |
| KJV Renderings: | cut off |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποκόπτω: 1 aorist ἀπεκοψα; future middle ἀποκόψομαι; to cut off, amputate: Mar 9:43 (45); Joh 18:10; Joh 18:26; Act 27:32; ὄφελον καί ἀποκόψονται I would that they (who urge the necessity of circumcision would not only circumcise themselves, but) would even mutilate themselves (or cut off their privy parts), Gal 5:12. ἀποκόπτεσθαι occurs in this sense in Deu 23:1; (Philo de alleg. leg. 3:3; de vict. off. § 13; cf. de spec. legg. i. § 7); Epictetus diss. 2, 20, 19; Lucian, Eun. 8; (Dion Cass. 79, 11; Diodorus Siculus 3, 31), and other passages quoted by Wetstein (1752) at the passage (and Sophocles Lexicon under the word). Others incorrectly: I would that they would cut themselves off from the society of Christians, quit it altogether; (cf. Meyer and Lightfoot at the passage).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀποκόπτω (cut off)
Mark 9:43
- KJV:
- GK: και εάν σκανδαλίζη σε η χειρ σου απόκοψον αυτήν καλόν σοι εστί κυλλόν εις την ζωην εισελθείν η τας δύο χείρας έχοντα απελθείν εις την Γέενναν εις το πυρ το άσβεστον
Mark 9:45
- KJV: And if thy foot offend thee cut it off it is better for thee to enter halt into life than having two feet to be cast into hell into the fire that never shall be quenched
- GK: και εάν ο πους σου σκανδαλίζη σε απόκοψον αυτόν καλόν εστί σοι εισελθείν εις την ζωήν χωλόν η τους δύο πόδας έχοντα βληθήναι εις την Γέενναν εις το πυρ το άσβεστον
John 18:10
- KJV: Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it and smote the high priest’s servant and cut off his right ear The servant’s name was Malchus
- GK: Σίμων ουν Πέτρος έχων μάχαιραν είλκυσεν αυτήν και έπαισε τον του αρχιερέως δούλον και απέκοψεν αυτού το ωτίον το δεξιόν ην δε όνομα τω δούλω Μάλχος
John 18:26
- KJV: One of the servants of the high priest being kinsman whose ear Peter cut off saith Did not I see thee in the garden with him
- GK: λέγει εις εκ των δούλων του αρχιερέως συγγενής ων ου απέκοψε Πέτρος το ωτίον ουκ εγώ σε είδον εν τω κήπω μετ΄ αυτού
Acts 27:32
- KJV: Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat and let her fall off
- GK: τότε οι στρατιώται απέκοψαν τα σχοινία της σκάφης και είασαν αυτήν εκπεσείν
Galatians 5:12
- KJV: I would they were even cut off which trouble you
- GK: όφελον και αποκόψονται οι αναστατούντες υμάς