ΥΠΟΚΟΠΤΕΣΘΑΙ, υποκοπτεσθαι
YPOKOPTESTHAI, ypokoptesthai
Sounds Like: hoo-po-KOP-tes-thai
Translations: to be cut off, to be hindered, to be frustrated, to be undermined
From the root: ΥΠΟΚΟΠΤΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ὑπό (hypo), meaning 'under' or 'from beneath', and the verb κόπτω (koptō), meaning 'to cut' or 'to strike'. In the middle or passive voice, as seen here, it means 'to be cut off from beneath', 'to be undermined', 'to be hindered', or 'to be frustrated'. It describes an action where something is prevented from progressing or is destroyed by an underlying or hidden force.
Inflection: Present, Middle or Passive Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G5279 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 1:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΚΟΠΤΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΟΚΕΚΟΜΜΕΝΟΙ — cut down, cut off, hewn down, undermined, those who are cut down, the cut down ones
- ΥΠΟΚΟΠΤΟΝΤΕΣ — cutting from under, undermining, hindering, obstructing, cutting off, interrupting
- ΥΠΟΚΟΠΤΩ — to cut off, to cut away, to hinder, to prevent
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