verb
katakoptamō
Strong’sG2629
I beat, wound
stem katakopt-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κατα-κόπτω ,
[in LXX for נכה hi., כּתת pi., etc.;]
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
cut down, fell, of trees, in passive, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 cut in pieces, cut up, Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.; κρέα Refs 5th c.BC+; κατακοπείς cut in pieces, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 cut down, massacre, butcher, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, ὥσπερ βόες κατεκόπησαν Refs 1st c.BC+
4 in a military sense, cut in pieces, 'cut up', τὴν μόραν Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, κατακοπῆναι Refs 5th c.BC+
5 κ. πληγαῖς τινα Refs 4th c.AD+
6 generally, break in pieces, destroy, στεφάνους Refs 4th c.BC+; ἔρια ὑπὸ τῶν σέων κατακοπτόμενα fretted in pieces, Refs 5th c.BC+; κατεκόπημεν ἄν we should have been made mince-meat of, Refs 5th c.BC+
7 weary, bore, Refs 4th c.BC+
8 Rhet., λέξις -κεκομμένη 'staccato', jerky composition, Refs 4th c.BC+
9 in middle, μαστοὺς κατεκόψατο, in vehement grief, Refs
II strike with a die, coin bullion into money, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| katakoptarōntosκατακόπτων | 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 | katakoptarōntos1×κατακόπτων | katakoptarintos | katakoptarantos | katakoptarēntos |
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
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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
katakoptarōntos“cutting”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular masculine1×
Mark 5:5… en tei orei ate krazarōntos kai katakoptarōntos heauton lithoi.… mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.