ἀποκόπτω

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ἀποκόπτω

Greek transliteration

apokoptō

Simplified transliteration

apokopto

Principal Parts

ἀποκόψω, ἀπέκοψα, -, -, -

Strong's number

609

GK Number

644

Frequency in New Testament

Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

cv-4

Gloss

to cut off; emasculate

Definition

to cut off, Mk. 9:43, 45; Jn. 18:10, 26; Acts 27:32; to castrate, make a eunich, Gal. 5:12*

Mark 9:43	And if your hand causes you to sin, cut (apokopson \| ἀπόκοψον \| aor act imperative 2 sg) it off (apokopson \| ἀπόκοψον \| aor act imperative 2 sg); it is better for you to enter into life crippled than having two hands to go to hell, to the unquenchable fire.
Mark 9:45	And if your foot causes you to sin, cut (apokopson \| ἀπόκοψον \| aor act imperative 2 sg) it off (apokopson \| ἀπόκοψον \| aor act imperative 2 sg); it is better for you to enter into life lame than having two feet to be cast into hell.
John 18:10	Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting (apekopsen \| ἀπέκοψεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
John 18:26	One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut (apekopsen \| ἀπέκοψεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) off, said, “I saw you in the garden with him, did I not?”
Acts 27:32	Then the soldiers cut (apekopsan \| ἀπέκοψαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) the ropes from the dinghy and let it drift away.
Galatians 5:12	I wish those who are disturbing you would mutilate (apokopsontai \| ἀποκόψονται \| fut mid ind 3 pl) themselves!

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