κόπτω
kóptō
“to "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
to "chop"; specially, to beat the breast in grief
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to smite, cut; to cut off or down, Mt. 21:8; Mk. 11:8; mid. to beat one’s self in mourning, lament, bewail, Mt. 11:17; 24:30; Lk. 8:52; 23:27; Rev. 1:7; 18:9*
Translated in KJV as
cut downlamentmourn(be-)wail
Etymology
a primary verb;
Chain Links
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“And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.”