noun · feminine

enkopas

Greekἐγκοπή (enkopē)

Strong’sG1464

an impediment, hindrance

stem enkop-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

obstacle1×

What it means

ἐγ-κοπή, v.s. ἐνκ-.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1464 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saideng-kop-ay'

a hindrance

Fromfrom G1465;

King JamesX hinder.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	enkopas	enkopais
object accusative	enkopan1×ἐγκοπὴν	enkopain
direct address vocative	enkopar	enkopair
of, belonging to genitive	enkopau	enkopaiu
to, for dative	enkopa	enkopai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

enkopstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

enkopa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

enkopan“obstacle”objectaccusative singular1×

1 Corinthians 9:12“obstacle”ei allois tau vu exousiau metechalō, ouk mallon nis? Alla ouk chrena ta exousia houta, alla panteim steganō hina mē tinan enkopan dōaneia te euangelie tou Christou.If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.