noun · feminine

kopas

Greekκοπή (kopē)

Strong’sG2871

slaughter

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

Translated as

slaughter1×

What it means

κοπή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< κόπτω), [in LXX: Ge 14:17, Jos 10:20 (נכה hi., מַכָּה), De 28:25 (נגף), Jth 15:7*;]

1. in cl., a stroke, a pounding (as in a mortar).

2. In LXX, a smiting in battle: He 7:1(LXX).†

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

Strong’s G2871 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkop-ay'

cutting, i.e. carnage

Fromfrom G2875;

King Jamesslaughter.

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	kopas	kopais
object accusative	kopan	kopain
direct address vocative	kopar	kopair
of, belonging to genitive	kopau1×κοπῆς	kopaiu
to, for dative	kopa	kopai

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

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

kopa 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

Words built on the same stem

kopos — κόπος, trouble, toil, labor

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

kopau“slaughter”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Hebrews 7:1“slaughter”Houtos gar tos Melchisedek, basilevos Salēm, hierevos tou theou tou hupsistou, tos sunantaratos Abraam hupostrefarōto apo tau kopau toiu basilevoiu kai eulogaratos auton,This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,