UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: κόπτω

Sense 1: to strike against

Semantic entry: 19.5

Semantic domains: Physical Impact

Subdomains: Hit, Strike

Definition: to strike against something, with the implication of resistance or damage

Notes: The focus in RV MAT 4:6 · LV MAT 4:6 · Read together MAT 4:6 is upon the result of striking a foot against a stone, and therefore one may translate ‘to hurt your foot by striking it against a stone.’

MAT 4:6: RV MAT 4:6 · LV MAT 4:6 · Read together MAT 4:6

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OET-RV MAT 4:6

6 and told him, “Throw yourself down if you’re God’s son, because it’s written in the scriptures that God will command his messengers to look after you and to carry you in their arms so that you won’t bash your foot on a rock.”

OET-LV MAT 4:6

6 and he _is _saying to _him:
If you _are the_son of_ the _god, throw yourself down, because/for it _has _been _written, that Will _be _commanding to _the messengers of _him concerning you, and:
They _will _be _carrying you in their_hands, lest you _may _strike the foot of _you against a_stone.

MAT 7:27: RV MAT 7:27 · LV MAT 7:27 · Read together MAT 7:27

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OET-RV MAT 7:27

27 When the rains started and the floods came and the winds blew and battered that house, it collapsed with a loud crash.”

OET-LV MAT 7:27

27 And the rain came _down, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they _struck the against_ that _house, and it _fell and the fall of _it was great.

All 3 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 4:6 · RV MAT 7:27 · LV MAT 4:6 · LV MAT 7:27 · Read together MAT 4:6 · Read together MAT 7:27

LUK: RV LUK 4:11 · LV LUK 4:11 · Read together LUK 4:11

Sense 2: to stumble

Semantic entry: 15.228

Semantic domains: Linear Movement

Subdomains: Walk, Step

Definition: to strike one’s foot against something as one walks and in this way to lose one’s balance temporarily

JHN 11:9: RV JHN 11:9 · LV JHN 11:9 · Read together JHN 11:9

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OET-RV JHN 11:9

9 And Yeshua answered, “There are twelve hours of light in the day. Anyone who walks during the daytime doesn’t stumble because he is seeing the light that shines in this world.

OET-LV JHN 11:9

9 Yaʸsous answered are not Twelve, hours of _the day?
If anyone may _be _walking in the day, he _is_ not _stumbling, because he _is _seeing the light of_ the this _world.

JHN 11:10: RV JHN 11:10 · LV JHN 11:10 · Read together JHN 11:10

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OET-RV JHN 11:10

10 But anyone who walks at night will stumble, because the light is not in them.”

OET-LV JHN 11:10

10 But if anyone may _be _walking in the night, he _is _stumbling, because the light is not in him.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

JHN: RV JHN 11:9–10 · LV JHN 11:9–10 · Read together JHN 11:9–10

ROM: RV ROM 9:32 · LV ROM 9:32 · Read together ROM 9:32

PE1: RV PE1 2:8 · LV PE1 2:8 · Read together PE1 2:8

Sense 3: to take offense, to be offended

Semantic entry: 25.182

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Offend, Be Offended

Definition: to take offense, with the implication of a feeling of repugnance or rejection

Notes: This expression in RV ROM 14:21 · LV ROM 14:21 · Read together ROM 14:21 may, however, be restructured and translated as ‘which will cause your brother to become offended’ or ‘which will cause your brother to feel repugnance (because of what you have done).’ In some instances the closest equivalent of προσκόπτω may be ‘to feel bad against.’

ROM 9:32: RV ROM 9:32 · LV ROM 9:32 · Read together ROM 9:32

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OET-RV ROM 9:32