Word Summary
kopē: a cutting in pieces, slaughter
Original Word: κοπήTransliteration: kopē
Phonetic Spelling: (kop-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a cutting in pieces, slaughter
Meaning: a cutting in pieces, slaughter
Strong's Concordance
slaughter.
From kopto; cutting, i.e. Carnage -- slaughter.
see GREEK kopto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2871: κοπήκοπή,
κοπῆς,
ἡ (
κόπτω);
1. properly, several times in Greek writings the act of cutting, a cut.
2. in Biblical Greek a cutting in pieces, slaughter: Hebrews 7:1; Genesis 14:17; Deuteronomy 28:25; Joshua 10:20; Judith 15:7.