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Strong's #1581 - ἐκκόπτω
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ἐκκόπτ-ω,
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1. cut out, knock out, τοὺς γομφίους Phryn.Com. 68; τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἐξέκοψε τὸ φθέγμα Call. Iamb. 1.163: — Pass., ἢν..τωφθαλμὼ' κκοπῇς have your eyes knocked out, Ar. Av. 342; τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκκεκομμένος D. 18.67; ἐξεκέκοπτο τὴν φωνήν had lost his voice, Luc. JTr. 16.
2. cut [trees] out of a wood, fell, Hdt. 6.37 (Pass.), 9.97, Th. 6.99, etc.; δένδρα ἐκκεκόφασι X. HG 6.5.37; παράδεισον laid waste the park, Id. An. 1.4.10; χωρία D.H. 8.87; νήσους καὶ πόλεις Plu. Pomp. 24: hence, metaph., cut off, make an end of, τοὺς ἄνδρας Hdt. 4.110; ἐ. φενακισμόν, ἱεροσυλίαν, Din. 2.4, Isa 8.39; eradicate abuses, OGI 669.64 (Egypt, i A.D.); τὴν αἰσθητικὴν ἐνέργειαν Arist. PA 656b5; extirpate, [ λύπας ] Diog.Oen. 2: — Pass., ἡ θρασύτης ἐξεκέκοπτο Pl. Chrm. 155c. ἐ. πλοῖα scuttle ships, IG 12(7).386.9 (Amorgos).
3. as military term, beat off, repulse, τὰς ἀκροβολίσεις X. Cyr. 6.2.15; τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳ Id. HG 7.4.26.
4. win, in throwing the dice, Alex. 44, Menecr.I D.: — Pass., to be ruined at play, Hsch.
5. ἐ. θύρας break open, Lys. 3.6; οἰκίαν ἐ. Plb. 4.3.10.
6. cut out or erase an inscription, SIG 38.38 (Teos, V B.C.), Arist. Rh. 1400a33; οὐδενὶ ἐξέσται..γράμμα ἐκκόψαι CIG 3028 (Ephesus), al.; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα Matthew 5:30; cut out, as a surgeon does, Luc. Cat. 24.
7. coin, stamp money, D.S. 11.26. metaph., φαντασίαν ἐ. ὡς.. Phld. Lib. p.56 O.; γένη οὐκ ἐκκοπτόμενα ἰδίοις τέλεσι genders not marked by different terminations, A.D. Synt. 104.23; ἐ. ἀναφθέγματα coin expressions, Phld. D. 3.14.
8. hinder, bring to a stop, PAlex. 4.1 (iii B.C.), Vett.Val. 268.6.
II intr., pause, come to a stop, Id. 260.24.
** ἐκ -κοπή , -ῆς , ἡ ,
[in Aq.: Isaiah 51:1*;]
in T for ἐνκοπή (q.v.): 1 Corinthians 9:12.†
ἐκ -κόπτω ,
[in LXX for H3772, etc.;]
to cut out, cut off, cut down: of a hand, foot, Matthew 5:30; Matthew 18:8; a tree, Matthew 3:10; Matthew 7:19 Luke 3:9; Luke 13:7; Luke 13:9; fig., of a branch, Romans 11:22; seq. ἐκ , Romans 11:24; metaph., τ . ἀφορμήν (cf. Job 19:10 ἐλπίδα ), 2 Corinthians 11:12.†
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For the literal use of ἐκκόπτω, as in Matthew 3:10, cf. P Fay 113.10 (A.D. 100) ἐξ αὐτον ἐκκόψαι θέλι φυτά, ";he wishes to cut down some of the trees"; (Edd.), and similarly 114.14, P Oxy VI. 892.10 (A.D. 338) ἵνα. . . διὰ ταχέων ταῦτα ἐκκόψας παρενεχθῆναι ποιήσῃς, ";with all speed to get the timber cut and delivered"; (Edd.). See also BGU I. 72.9 (A.D. 191) ἐξέκοψαν πλεῖστον τόπον ἐν ἀρούραις πέντε. The verb is metaph. in Vett. Val. p. 268.6 ἐὰν μή πως ἀκτὶς ἀγαθοποιῶν συνδραμοῦσα τὰ πολλὰ τῶν φαύλων ἐκκόψῃ.
A parallel to the NT use of ἐνκόπτω, as in 1 Thessalonians 2:18, is afforded by P Alex 4.1 (iii/B.C.) ἡμῖν ἐνκόπτεις καλά. The verb is intrans. in Vett. Val. p. 260.24 ὥσπερ γὰρ τροχὸς κυλιόμενος ἐνέκοψεν (sc. ἡ Σελήνη) ἐπὶ τὴν ἰδίαν ἐλθοῦσα ἐποχήν.
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