ἐκκόπτω ekkoptō

Greek word for “to prevent” · Strong’s G1581 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

ἐκ-κόπτω; to cut out, cut off, cut down: of a hand, foot, 18:8;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ekkoptō in context, with how often each is used:

• cut down 3
• do cut off 2
• do cut down 1
• will cut down 1
• will be cut off 1
• cut off 1
• may cut off 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 13 (2), Romans 11 (2), Matthew 3 (1), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 18 (1), Luke 3 (1), 2 Corinthians 11 (1)

Forms

• ἐκκόπτεται 3
• ἔκκοψον 3
• ἐκκόψεις 1
• ἐκκοπήσῃ 1
• ἐξεκόπης 1
• ἐκκόψω 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ekkoptō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• καρπός karpos “fruit” 5
• βάλλω ballō “to throw” 5
• πῦρ pur “fire” 4
• δένδρον dendron “tree” 3
• καλός kalos “good” 4
• ἀξίνη axinē “axe” 2
• ῥίζα rhiza “root” 2
• κεῖμαι keimai “to lay/be appointed” 2
• σκανδαλίζω skandalizō “to cause to stumble” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 4
• ἤδη ēdē “already” 2
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 2

Key verses

The verses using ekkoptō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 3:10 — And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
• Matthew 5:30 — And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy…
• Matthew 7:19 — Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
• Matthew 18:8 — Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than…
• Luke 3:9 — And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
• Luke 13:7 — Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it…
• Luke 13:9 — And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
• Romans 11:22 — Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou…
• Romans 11:24 — For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these,…
• 2 Corinthians 11:12 — But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.