2001 Translation

KOPETOS, kopetos

Sounds Like: koh-pe-TOS

Translations: wailing, lamentation, a wailing, a lamentation

From the root: ΚΟΠΕΤΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a loud expression of grief or sorrow, typically involving beating the breast or head, often in a public display. It describes the act of wailing or lamentation, usually in response to death or great misfortune. It can be used in sentences to describe the sound or act of mourning.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2870 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Esther — 4:3
• Zechariah — 12:11

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 52:1

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Esther — 4:3
• Amos — 5:16, 5:17
• Zechariah — 12:11

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΠΕΤΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΚΟΠΕΤΟΙ — lamentation, wailing, mourning
• ΚΟΠΕΤΟΝ — lamentation, mourning, wailing, a lamentation, a mourning, a wailing
• ΚΟΠΕΤΟΥ — of lamentation, of mourning, of wailing
• ΚΟΠΕΤΩ — to lamentation, for lamentation, with lamentation, to a lamentation, for a lamentation, with a lamentation

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