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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 609. ἀποκόπτω (apokoptó) -- To cut off, to amputate, to sever</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/609.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader.js'></script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/luke/12-46.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/609.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 609</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/608.htm" title="608">◄</a> 609. apokoptó <a href="../greek/610.htm" title="610">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">apokoptó: To cut off, to amputate, to sever</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἀποκόπτω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>apokoptó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ä-po-kop'-tō<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ap-ok-op'-to)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To cut off, to amputate, to sever<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I smite, cut off, cut loose; mid: I emasculate, castrate, mutilate myself.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek words ἀπό (apo, meaning "from" or "away") and κόπτω (koptó, meaning "to cut" or "to strike").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for ἀποκόπτω, the concept of being "cut off" is present in Hebrew through words like כָּרַת (karath), which means to cut or cut off, often used in the context of making or breaking covenants (e.g., Genesis 17:14).<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb ἀποκόπτω is used in the New Testament to describe the act of cutting off or severing something. It can be used in both a literal and metaphorical sense. Literally, it refers to the physical act of cutting off a part of the body or an object. Metaphorically, it can imply a decisive separation or removal of something from one's life or community.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient world, the act of cutting off a body part was sometimes associated with punishment or ritual purification. In Jewish culture, the idea of cutting off was also linked to the concept of being cut off from the community or covenant, which was a serious consequence for disobedience or impurity. The metaphorical use of cutting off in the New Testament often emphasizes the seriousness of sin and the need for radical action to maintain spiritual purity and integrity.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/575.htm">apo</a> and <a href="/greek/2875.htm">koptó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to cut off<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>cut...off (2), cut away (1), cut off (2), mutilate (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 609: ἀποκόπτω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἀποκόπτω</span></span>: 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἀπεκοψα</span>; future middle <span class="greek2">ἀποκόψομαι</span>; <span class="accented">to cut off, amputate</span>: <a href="/interlinear/mark/9-43.htm">Mark 9:43</a> (45); <a href="/interlinear/john/18-10.htm">John 18:10, 26</a>; <a href="/interlinear/acts/27-32.htm">Acts 27:32</a>; <span class="greek2">ὄφελον</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἀποκόψονται</span> I would that they (who urge the necessity of circumcision would not only circumcise themselves, but) would even mutilate themselves (or cut off their privy parts), <a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-12.htm">Galatians 5:12</a>. <span class="greek2">ἀποκόπτεσθαι</span> occurs in this sense in <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/23-1.htm">Deuteronomy 23:1</a>; (<span class="abbreviation">Philo</span> de alleg. leg. 3:3; de vict. off. § 13; cf. de spec. legg. i. § 7); <span class="abbreviation">Epictetus</span> diss. 2, 20, 19; <span class="abbreviation">Lucian</span>, Eun. 8; (Dion Cass. 79, 11; <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span> Siculus 3, 31), and other passages quoted by <span class="abbreviation">Wetstein</span> (1752) at the passage (and <span class="abbreviation">Sophocles</span> Lexicon under the word). Others incorrectly: I would that they would cut themselves off from the society of Christians, quit it altogether; (cf. Meyer and <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span> at the passage).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>cut off. <p>From <a href="/greek/575.htm">apo</a> and <a href="/greek/2875.htm">kopto</a>; to amputate; reflexively (by irony) to mutilate (the privy parts) -- cut off. Compare <a href="/greek/2699.htm">katatome</a>. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/575.htm">apo</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2875.htm">kopto</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2699.htm">katatome</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>απεκοψαν απέκοψαν ἀπέκοψαν απέκοψε απεκοψεν απέκοψεν ἀπέκοψεν αποκεκομμένοι αποκεκομμένος αποκόψει αποκόψεις αποκοψον απόκοψον ἀπόκοψον αποκοψονται αποκόψονται ἀποκόψονται apekopsan apékopsan apekopsen apékopsen apokopson apókopson apokopsontai apokópsontai<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/mark/9-43.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 9:43</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular">V-AMA-2S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">χείρ σου <b>ἀπόκοψον</b> αὐτήν καλόν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> causes you to stumble, <span class="itali">cut it off;</span> it is better<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> cut it <span class="itali">off:</span> it is better<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/9-43.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> hand of you <span class="itali">cut off</span> it better<p><b><a href="/text/mark/9-45.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 9:45</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular">V-AMA-2S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σκανδαλίζῃ σε <b>ἀπόκοψον</b> αὐτόν καλόν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> causes you to stumble, <span class="itali">cut it off;</span> it is better<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> cut it <span class="itali">off:</span> it is better<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/9-45.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> should cause to stumble you <span class="itali">cut off</span> it better<p><b><a href="/text/john/18-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 18:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-AIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/18.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δοῦλον καὶ <b>ἀπέκοψεν</b> αὐτοῦ τὸ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> slave, <span class="itali">and cut off</span> his right<br><a href="/kjvs/john/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> servant, and <span class="itali">cut off</span> his right<br><a href="/interlinear/john/18-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> servant and <span class="itali">cut off</span> of him the<p><b><a href="/text/john/18-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">John 18:26</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-AIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/john/18.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὢν οὗ <b>ἀπέκοψεν</b> Πέτρος τὸ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/john/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Peter <span class="itali">cut off,</span> said,<br><a href="/kjvs/john/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> ear Peter <span class="itali">cut off,</span> saith, Did<br><a href="/interlinear/john/18-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> being [of him] of whom <span class="itali">cut off</span> Peter the<p><b><a href="/text/acts/27-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 27:32</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural">V-AIA-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/27.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τότε <b>ἀπέκοψαν</b> οἱ στρατιῶται</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the soldiers <span class="itali">cut away</span> the ropes<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the soldiers <span class="itali">cut off</span> the ropes<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/27-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Then <span class="itali">cut away</span> the soldiers<p><b><a href="/text/galatians/5-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Galatians 5:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural">V-FIM-3P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Ὄφελον καὶ <b>ἀποκόψονται</b> οἱ ἀναστατοῦντες</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/galatians/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you would even <span class="itali">mutilate</span> themselves.<br><a href="/kjvs/galatians/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> even <span class="itali">cut off</span> which trouble<br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/5-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I wish even <span class="itali">they would cut themselves off</span> who throw into confusion<p><b><a href="/greek/609.htm">Strong's Greek 609</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_609.htm">6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/apekopsan_609.htm">ἀπέκοψαν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/apekopsen_609.htm">ἀπέκοψεν — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/apokopson_609.htm">ἀπόκοψον — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/apokopsontai_609.htm">ἀποκόψονται — 1 Occ.</a><br><br><br /><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/608.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="608"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="608" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/610.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="610"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="610" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>