Strong’s G2875 · Greek
κόπτω
kóptō · kop'-to
Origin a primary verb;
Meaning to "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief
In the King James Version cut down, lament, mourn, (be-)wail. Compare the base of τομώτερος (G5114).
In 8 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 11:17And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
- Matthew 21:8And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.
- Matthew 24:30And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
- Mark 11:8And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way.
- Luke 8:52And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
- Luke 23:27And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
- Revelation 1:7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
- Revelation 18:9And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.