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It conveys the idea of removal or separation, whether it be physical, spiritual, or relational. The term is frequently used in contexts involving judgment or the removal of that which is unfruitful or undesirable.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the agrarian society of the ancient Near East, the imagery of cutting down trees or branches was a common metaphor for judgment or the removal of unproductive elements. This imagery would have been readily understood by Jesus' audience, who were familiar with agricultural practices. The act of cutting off unfruitful branches was a necessary part of maintaining a healthy vineyard or orchard, symbolizing divine judgment or discipline.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>1581</b> <i>ekkóptō</i> (from <a href="/greek/1537.htm">1537</a> <i>/ek</i>, "<i>out from</i> and <i>to</i>" and <a href="/greek/2875.htm">2875</a> <i>/kóptō</i>, "cut") – properly, cut <i>off</i> (out) and left <i>to</i> the inevitable <i>outcome</i>: (figuratively) <i>entirely</i> remove (cut off), emphasizing <i>complete detachment</i> (removal, <i>severance</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/1537.htm">ek</a> and <a href="/greek/2875.htm">koptó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to cut off, cut down, cut out, fig. to frustrate<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>cut...off (5), cut down (5).<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 1581: ἐκκόπτω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἐκκόπτω</span></span>: future <span class="greek2">ἐκκόψω</span>; 1 aorist imperative <span class="greek2">ἔκκοψον</span>, subjunctive <span class="greek2">ἐκκόψω</span>; (passive, present <span class="greek2">ἐκκόπτομαι</span>); 2 aorist <span class="greek2">ἐξεκοπην</span>; 2 future <span class="greek2">ἐκκοπήσομαι</span>; <span class="accented">to cut out, cut off</span>; <p><span class="emphasized">a.</span> properly: of a tree, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-10.htm">Matthew 3:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-19.htm">Matthew 7:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-9.htm">Luke 3:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/luke/13-7.htm">Luke 13:7, 9</a> (<span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> 9, 97, etc.); a hand, an eye: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-30.htm">Matthew 5:30</a>; <a href="/interlinear/matthew/18-8.htm">Matthew 18:8</a> (<span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">ὀφθυλμον</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Demosthenes</span>, p. 744 (13) 17); passive <span class="greek2">ἐκ</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span>, a branch from a tree, <a href="/interlinear/romans/11-22.htm">Romans 11:22, 24</a>. <p><span class="emphasized">b.</span> figuratively: <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">ἀφορμήν</span>, to cut off occasion, <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11-12.htm">2 Corinthians 11:12</a> (<span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐλπίδα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/job/19-10.htm">Job 19:10</a>). In <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/3-7.htm">1 Peter 3:7</a> read <span class="greek2">ἐγκόπτεσθαι</span>; see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἐγκόπτω</span></span>.<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 down, cut out, hew down, hinder. <p>From <a href="/greek/1537.htm">ek</a> and <a href="/greek/2875.htm">kopto</a>; to exscind; figuratively, to frustrate -- cut down (off, out), hew down, hinder. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1537.htm">ek</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2875.htm">kopto</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εκκεκομμένα εκκεκομμένον εκκοπή εκκοπηση εκκοπήση ἐκκοπήσῃ εκκοπήσονται εκκοπήτε εκκοπτεται εκκόπτεται ἐκκόπτεται εκκοπτομενου εκκόψαι εκκόψαισαν εκκόψας εκκόψατε εκκοψεις εκκόψεις ἐκκόψεις εκκόψετε εκκόψη εκκοψον έκκοψον ἔκκοψον εκκόψουσι εκκοψω εκκόψω ἐκκόψω εξεκοπης εξεκόπης ἐξεκόπης εξέκοψαν εξέκοψας εξέκοψε εξέκοψεν ekkopese ekkopēsē ekkopḗsei ekkopḗsēi ekkopseis ekkópseis ekkopso ekkopsō ekkópso ekkópsō ekkopson ékkopson ekkoptetai ekkóptetai exekopes exekopēs exekópes exekópēs<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/matthew/3-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 3:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular">V-PIM/P-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καρπὸν καλὸν <b>ἐκκόπτεται</b> καὶ εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> fruit <span class="itali">is cut down</span> and thrown<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> good fruit <span class="itali">is hewn down,</span> and cast<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/3-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> fruit good <span class="itali">is cut down</span> and into<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/5-30.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 5:30</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular">V-AMA-2S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/5.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σκανδαλίζει σε <b>ἔκκοψον</b> αὐτὴν καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/5.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> makes you stumble, <span class="itali">cut it off</span> and throw<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/5.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> cut it <span class="itali">off,</span> and cast<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/5-30.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> cause to stumble you <span class="itali">cut off</span> it and<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/7-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 7:19</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular">V-PIM/P-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καρπὸν καλὸν <b>ἐκκόπτεται</b> καὶ εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> fruit <span class="itali">is cut down</span> and thrown<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> good fruit <span class="itali">is hewn down,</span> and cast<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/7-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> fruit good <span class="itali">is cut down</span> and into<p><b><a href="/text/matthew/18-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 18:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular">V-AMA-2S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/18.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σκανδαλίζει σε <b>ἔκκοψον</b> αὐτὸν καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> causes you to stumble, <span class="itali">cut it off</span> and throw<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> cut them <span class="itali">off,</span> and cast<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/18-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> cause to sin you <span class="itali">cut off</span> them and<p><b><a href="/text/luke/3-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 3:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular">V-PIM/P-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καρπὸν καλὸν <b>ἐκκόπτεται</b> καὶ εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> fruit <span class="itali">is cut down</span> and thrown<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> good fruit <span class="itali">is hewn down,</span> and cast<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> fruit good <span class="itali">is cut down</span> and into<p><b><a href="/text/luke/13-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 13:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular">V-AMA-2S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οὐχ εὑρίσκω <b>ἔκκοψον</b> οὖν αὐτήν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> finding <span class="itali">any. Cut it down!</span> Why<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> cut it <span class="itali">down;</span> why cumbereth<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/13-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> not do find [any] <span class="itali">cut down</span> therefore it<p><b><a href="/text/luke/13-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 13:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular">V-FIA-2S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δὲ μή¦γε <b>ἐκκόψεις</b> αὐτήν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> year, [fine]; but if <span class="itali">not, cut it down.'</span><br><a href="/kjvs/luke/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thou shalt cut it <span class="itali">down.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/13-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> however not <span class="itali">you will cut down</span> it<p><b><a href="/text/romans/11-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 11:22</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 2nd Person Singular">V-FIP-2S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ σὺ <b>ἐκκοπήσῃ</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> otherwise you also <span class="itali">will be cut off.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/romans/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thou also <span class="itali">shalt be cut off.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/11-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> also you <span class="itali">will be cut off</span><p><b><a href="/text/romans/11-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 11:24</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 2nd Person Singular">V-AIP-2S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">κατὰ φύσιν <b>ἐξεκόπης</b> ἀγριελαίου καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> For if <span class="itali">you were cut off</span> from what<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thou <span class="itali">wert cut</span> out of<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/11-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> according to nature <span class="itali">were cut off</span> wild olive tree and<p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/11-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 11:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Singular">V-ASA-1S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ποιήσω ἵνα <b>ἐκκόψω</b> τὴν ἀφορμὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> so <span class="itali">that I may cut off</span> opportunity<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that <span class="itali">I may cut off</span> occasion<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/11-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I will do that <span class="itali">I might cut off</span> the occasion<p><b><a href="/greek/1581.htm">Strong's Greek 1581</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1581.htm">10 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ekkope_se__1581.htm">ἐκκοπήσῃ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ekkopseis_1581.htm">ἐκκόψεις — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ekkopso__1581.htm">ἐκκόψω — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ekkopson_1581.htm">ἔκκοψον — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ekkoptetai_1581.htm">ἐκκόπτεται — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/exekope_s_1581.htm">ἐξεκόπης — 1 Occ.</a><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'; 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