UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: κόπτω

Sense 1: to cut

Semantic entry: 19.21

Semantic domains: Physical Impact

Subdomains: Pierce, Cut

Definition: to cut severely with some sharp instrument or object

Notes: Some have interpreted κατακόπτω in RV MRK 5:5 · LV MRK 5:5 · Read together MRK 5:5 as meaning ‘to bruise severely’ on the basis that stones would only bruise rather than cut, but this inference seems unnecessary.

MRK 5:5: RV MRK 5:5 · LV MRK 5:5 · Read together MRK 5:5

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OET-RV MRK 5:5

5 All through the day and night, whether in the tombs or up in the hills, he was yelling out and hurting himself with stones.

OET-LV MRK 5:5

5 And through all time night and day in the tombs and in the mountains, he _was crying _out and bruising himself with _stones.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

κατακόπτω

Form 1

Sense 1: to cut