Original Word: ἐκκόπτω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: ekkoptó
Pronunciation: ek-kop'-to
Phonetic Spelling: (ek-kop'-to)
Definition: To cut off, to cut down, to remove
Meaning: I cut out (off, away), remove, prevent.

Word Origin: From the Greek preposition "ek" (meaning "out of" or "from") and "koptó" (meaning "to cut" or "to strike").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often used in similar contexts is כָּרַת (karath), which means "to cut off" or "to cut down."

Usage: The verb "ekkoptó" is used in the New Testament to describe the action of cutting off or cutting down, often in a metaphorical sense. It conveys the idea of removal or separation, whether it be physical, spiritual, or relational. The term is frequently used in contexts involving judgment or the removal of that which is unfruitful or undesirable.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the agrarian society of the ancient Near East, the imagery of cutting down trees or branches was a common metaphor for judgment or the removal of unproductive elements. This imagery would have been readily understood by Jesus' audience, who were familiar with agricultural practices. The act of cutting off unfruitful branches was a necessary part of maintaining a healthy vineyard or orchard, symbolizing divine judgment or discipline.

1581 ekkóptō (from 1537 /ek, "out from and to" and 2875 /kóptō, "cut") – properly, cut off (out) and left to the inevitable outcome: (figuratively) entirely remove (cut off), emphasizing complete detachment (removal, severance).

Word Origin
from ek and koptó
Definition
to cut off, cut down, cut out, fig. to frustrate
NASB Translation
cut...off (5), cut down (5).

STRONGS NT 1581: ἐκκόπτω

ἐκκόπτω: future ἐκκόψω; 1 aorist imperative ἔκκοψον, subjunctive ἐκκόψω; (passive, present ἐκκόπτομαι); 2 aorist ἐξεκοπην; 2 future ἐκκοπήσομαι; to cut out, cut off;

a. properly: of a tree, Matthew 3:10; Matthew 7:19; Luke 3:9; Luke 13:7, 9 (Herodotus 9, 97, etc.); a hand, an eye: Matthew 5:30; Matthew 18:8 (τόν ὀφθυλμον, Demosthenes, p. 744 (13) 17); passive ἐκ τίνος, a branch from a tree, Romans 11:22, 24.

b. figuratively: τήν ἀφορμήν, to cut off occasion, 2 Corinthians 11:12 (τήν ἐλπίδα, Job 19:10). In 1 Peter 3:7 read ἐγκόπτεσθαι; see ἐγκόπτω.

cut down, cut out, hew down, hinder.

From ek and kopto; to exscind; figuratively, to frustrate -- cut down (off, out), hew down, hinder.

see GREEK ek

see GREEK kopto

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