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κόπτω

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Gloss: to cut/mourn

Transliteration: koptō

Strong’s: G2875

κόπτω
[in LXX for כָּרַת, סָפַד, נָכָה hi., etc. ;]
__1. to strike, smite.
__2. to cut off: with accusative of thing(s), before ἀπό, Mat.21:8; ἐκ, Mrk.11:8. Mid., to beat one's breast with grief, to mourn, bewail: Mat.11:17 24:30; with accusative of person(s), Luk.8:52 23:27; before ἐπί, with accusative, Rev.1:7 18:9 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-, ἐν-, κατα-, προ-, προσ-κόπτω).†
<re>SYN.: θρηνέω, q.v </re> (AS)

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