apokoptō · cut off

What it means

apokoptō (ἀποκόπτω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “cut off”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To sever with a blow a part of the body or a rope; also to castrate oneself.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• cut off ×4
• cut away ×1
• mutilate themselves ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×2
• John×2
• Acts×1
• Galatians×1

• Mark 9:43

  And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed than having the two hands to go away into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.

• Mark 9:45

  And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame than having the two feet to be thrown into Gehenna.

• John 18:10

  So Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s slave and cut off his right ear. The slave’s name was Malchus.

• John 18:26

  One of the slaves of the high priest, a relative of the one whose ear Peter had cut off, says, “Did I not see you in the garden with him?”

• Acts 27:32

  Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat and let it fall away.

• Galatians 5:12

  I wish that those who are upsetting you would also mutilate themselves.