verb
kopazamō
Strong’sG2869
I cease, drop
stem kopaz-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 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.
κοπάζω
(< κόπος), [in LXX: Ge 8:1, Es 2:1 7:10 (שׁכךְ), Ru 1:18, al. (חדל), Jh 1:11, 12 (שׁתק), al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2869 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkop-ad'-zo
to tire, i.e. (figuratively) to relax
Fromfrom G2873;
King Jamescease.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
aorist ἐκόπασα (see. below): perfect κεκόπακα Refs 5th c.AD+:—grow weary, τοῦ πολέμου LXX; τοῦ θυμοῦLXX; of an abnormal pulsation, abate, Refs 5th c.BC+; especially of natural phenomena, ἐκόπασε (i.e. ὁ ἄνεμος) NT+5th c.BC+; of heat, Refs 3rd c.AD+
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| kopazataἐκόπασεν | happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular | ceased | 3× |
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, 3 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kopazamō | kopazame | kopazami | kopazama | kopazamē | kopazamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | kopazasō | kopazase | kopazasi | kopazasa | kopazasē | kopazaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kopazatō | kopazate | kopazati | kopazata3×ἐκόπασεν | kopazatē | kopazatelē |
| we 1st person plural | kopazanō | kopazane | kopazani | kopazana | kopazanē | kopazanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kopazavō | kopazave | kopazavi | kopazava | kopazavē | kopazavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | kopazalō | kopazale | kopazali | kopazala | kopazalē | kopazalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kopazameiō | kopazameia | kopazameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | kopazaseiō | kopazaseia | kopazaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kopazateiō | kopazateia | kopazateiē |
| we 1st person plural | kopazaneiō | kopazaneia | kopazaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | kopazaveiō | kopazaveia | kopazaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | kopazaleiō | kopazaleia | kopazaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | kopazasōr | kopazasar | kopazasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kopazatōr | kopazatar | kopazatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | kopazavōr | kopazavar | kopazavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | kopazalōr | kopazalar | kopazalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | kopazamoiō | kopazamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | kopazasoiō | kopazasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | kopazatoiō | kopazatoia |
| we 1st person plural | kopazanoiō | kopazanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | kopazavoiō | kopazavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | kopazaloiō | kopazaloia |
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 | kopazarō | kopazari | kopazara | kopazarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | kopazarōntos | kopazarintos | kopazarantos | kopazarēntos |
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
kopaz 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.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
kopazata“ceased”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular3×
Matthew 14:32“ceased”kai anabainarantoiu autoiu eis tem ploiem kopazata tos anemos.And when they had climbed back into the boat, the wind died down.
Mark 4:39“ceased”… legata ta thalassa; Siōpasōr, fimosēr. kai kopazata tos anemos, kai geneta galēnas megas.… wind and the sea. “Silence!” He commanded. “Be still!” And the wind died down, and it was perfectly calm.
Mark 6:51“ceased”… pros autoin eis tem ploiem, kai kopazata tos anemos. kai liōs ek perisseu …… He climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. And the disciples were utterly astounded,