2870. kopetos
Strong's Lexicon
kopetos: Lamentation, Mourning, Wailing

Original Word: κοπετός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: kopetos
Pronunciation: ko-pe-tos'
Phonetic Spelling: (kop-et-os')
Definition: Lamentation, Mourning, Wailing
Meaning: beating of the breast or head in lamentation, lamentation.

Word Origin: Derived from the verb κόπτω (koptō), meaning "to strike" or "to cut," often used in the context of beating one's breast in mourning.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H4553 (misped): Often translated as "mourning" or "lamentation," used in similar contexts of public and communal expressions of grief.

Usage: The term "kopetos" refers to a deep, expressive form of mourning or lamentation, often characterized by loud wailing and physical expressions of grief, such as beating the breast. It is used in the New Testament to describe the intense sorrow and public mourning that accompanies death or disaster.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Jewish and Greco-Roman cultures, mourning was a communal and often public event. Professional mourners might be hired to lead the lamentations, and expressions of grief were expected to be visible and audible. This cultural context highlights the depth of sorrow associated with "kopetos," as it was not merely an internal feeling but a shared, outward expression of loss.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from koptó
Definition
a beating of the head and breast
NASB Translation
lamentation (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2870: κοπετός

κοπετός, κοπετοῦ, (from κόπτομαι, see κόπτω), the Sept. for מִסְפֵּד; Latinplanctus, i. e. lamentation with beating of the breast as n sign of grief: κοπετόν ποιεῖσθαι ἐπί τίνι, Acts 8:2; ἐπί τινα, Zechariah 12:10. (Eupolis in Bekker's annott. ad Etym. Magn., p. 776; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 11, 31; Plutarch, Fab. 17.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
lamentation.

From kopto; mourning (properly, by beating the breast) -- lamentation.

see GREEK kopto

Forms and Transliterations
κοπετον κοπετόν κοπετὸν κοπετός κοπετώ kopeton kopetòn
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 8:2 N-AMS
GRK: καὶ ἐποίησαν κοπετὸν μέγαν ἐπ'
NAS: and made loud lamentation over him.
KJV: made great lamentation over him.
INT: and made lamentation great over

Strong's Greek 2870
1 Occurrence


κοπετὸν — 1 Occ.

















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