verb

katakoptamō

Greekκατακόπτω (katakoptō)

Strong’sG2629

I beat, wound

stem katakopt-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

cutting1×

What it means

κατα-κόπτω ,

[in LXX for נכה hi., כּתת pi., etc.;]

to cut up, cut in pieces (cf. Is 27:9, Je 21:7, II Ch 34:7): ἑαυτὸν λίθοις, Mk 5:5.†

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

Strong’s G2629 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-ak-op'-to

to chop down, i.e. mangle

Fromfrom G2596 and G2875;

King Jamescut.

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

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
katakoptarōtosκατακόπτων	happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine	cutting	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	katakoptamō	katakoptame	katakoptami	katakoptama	katakoptamē	katakoptamelē
you 2nd person singular	katakoptasō	katakoptase	katakoptasi	katakoptasa	katakoptasē	katakoptaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katakoptatō	katakoptate	katakoptati	katakoptata	katakoptatē	katakoptatelē
we 1st person plural	katakoptanō	katakoptane	katakoptani	katakoptana	katakoptanē	katakoptanelē
ye 2nd person plural	katakoptavō	katakoptave	katakoptavi	katakoptava	katakoptavē	katakoptavelē
they 3rd person plural	katakoptalō	katakoptale	katakoptali	katakoptala	katakoptalē	katakoptalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	katakoptameiō	katakoptameia	katakoptameiē
you 2nd person singular	katakoptaseiō	katakoptaseia	katakoptaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katakoptateiō	katakoptateia	katakoptateiē
we 1st person plural	katakoptaneiō	katakoptaneia	katakoptaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	katakoptaveiō	katakoptaveia	katakoptaveiē
they 3rd person plural	katakoptaleiō	katakoptaleia	katakoptaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	katakoptasōr	katakoptasar	katakoptasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katakoptatōr	katakoptatar	katakoptatēr
ye 2nd person plural	katakoptavōr	katakoptavar	katakoptavēr
they 3rd person plural	katakoptalōr	katakoptalar	katakoptalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	katakoptamoiō	katakoptamoia
you 2nd person singular	katakoptasoiō	katakoptasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	katakoptatoiō	katakoptatoia
we 1st person plural	katakoptanoiō	katakoptanoia
ye 2nd person plural	katakoptavoiō	katakoptavoia
they 3rd person plural	katakoptaloiō	katakoptaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	katakoptarō	katakoptari	katakoptara	katakoptarē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	katakoptarōtos1×κατακόπτων	katakoptaritos	katakoptaratos	katakoptarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

katakoptstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

katakopt 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

katakoptarōtos“cutting”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×

Mark 5:5“cutting”kai dia pantou nuxau kai hēmerau en tei mnēmei kai en tei orei ate krazarōtos kai katakoptarōtos heauton lithoi.Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.