To cut/mourn
κόπτωStrong’s G2875koptō
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Koptō is the Greek word usually translated “did wail”, “were cutting down” and “mourn”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.”
Meaning
Usually translated “did wail”, “were cutting down” and “mourn”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- you did wail 1
- were cutting down 1
- will mourn 1
- cutting down 1
- they were mourning for 1
- were mourning 1
- will wail 1
- they will wail 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Luke 2
- Revelation 2
- Mark 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Greek dictionary
κόπτω koptō · to cut/mourn
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).† SYN.: θρηνέω, q.v (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “mourn” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MOURN, verb intransitive
[Latin maereo.]
- To express grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful.“Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep” Genesis 23:2“Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted” Matthew 5:4
- To wear the customary habit of sorrow.
All definitions and other forms of “mourn”
MOURN, verb transitive
To grieve for; to lament. But there is an ellipsis of for, the verb not being transitive. When we say, we mourn a friend or a child, the real sense and complete phrase is, we mourn for a friend, or mourn for the loss of a friend. 'He mourn'd his rival's ill success, ' that is, he mourned for his rival's ill success.
- To utter in a sorrowful manner.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.