2001 Translation

KOPETOU, kopetou

Sounds Like: koh-pe-TOO

Translations: of lamentation, of mourning, of wailing

From the root: ΚΟΠΕΤΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a loud expression of grief or sorrow, often involving beating the breast or tearing hair, as was customary in ancient mourning rituals. It describes the act of lamenting or wailing, typically in a public or demonstrative manner. As a genitive form, it indicates possession or origin, such as 'of lamentation' or 'belonging to mourning'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2870 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 3 Maccabees — 4:3

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
• ΚΟΠΕΤΟΣ — wailing, lamentation, a wailing, a lamentation
• ΚΟΠΕΤΩ — to lamentation, for lamentation, with lamentation, to a lamentation, for a lamentation, with a lamentation

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