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Koine Greek wordlink #14399

SR GNT Mat 21:8 ἔκοπτον (ekopton) ‘road others and were cutting_off branches from the’ Strongs=28750 Lemma=koptō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=3rd number=plural

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Only use of identical word form ἔκοπτον (V-IIA3..P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἔκοπτον’ (V-IIA3..P) is always and only glossed as ‘were cutting_off’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘koptō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘having cut_off’, ‘were cutting_off’, ‘were mourning’, ‘will_be mourning’, ‘they were mourning’, ‘you_all mourn’.

Greek words (2) other than ἔκοπτον (V-IIA3..P) with a gloss related to ‘cutting_off’

LUKE 13:9 ἐκκόψεις (ekkopseis) V-IFA2..S Lemma=ekkoptō ‘on_the_other_hand not surely you will_be cutting_off it’ SR GNT Luke 13:9 word 17

GAL 5:12 ἀποκόψονται (apokopsontai) V-IFM3..P Lemma=apokoptō ‘I_wish also will_be cutting_off themselves the ones upsetting you_all’ SR GNT Gal 5:12 word 4

Key: V=verb IFA2..S=indicative,future,active,2nd person singular IFM3..P=indicative,future,middle,3rd person plural IIA3..P=indicative,imperfect,active,3rd person plural