ἀπο-κόπτω,
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1. cut off, hew off, freq. in Hom., of men’s limbs, κάρη ἀπέκοψε Il. 11.261; ἀπό τ’ αὐχένα κόψας ib. 146, al.; in Prose, χεῖρας ἀ. Hdt. 6.91, etc.; ἀγκύρας X. HG 1.6.21; γεφύρας Plu. Nic. 26; amputate, Archig. ap. Orib. 47.13.2; νηῶν ἀποκόψειν ἄκρα κόρυμβα Il. 9.241; ἀπὸ πείσματ’ ἔκοψα νεός Od. 10.127; ἀΐξας ἀπέκοψε παρήορον he cut loose the trace-horse, Il. 16.474: - Pass., ἀποκεκόψονται, of buds, will be cut off, Ar. Nu. 1125, cf. M.Ant. 11.8; ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα have it cut off, Hdt. 6.114; ἀ.τὰ γεννητικά, of eunuchs, Ph. 1.89: abs., ἀποκεκομμένος eunuch, LXX De. 23.1, cf. Luc. Eun. 8: - Med., make oneself a eunuch, [Gal 5:12], cf. Arr. Epict. 2.20.19.
2. metaph., ἀπ’ ἐλπίδα φημὶ κεκόφθαι ναυτιλίης νόστου τε A.R. 4.1272, cf. Plb. 3.63.8; ἔλεον D.S. 13.23; ἀ. τὸ ἀμφίβολον τῆς γνώμης decide summarily, Alciphr. 1.8; also ἀποκοπῆναι τῆς ἐλπίδος Plu. Pyrrh. 2; διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀποκόπτειν τὴν πολυχρόνιον ζωήν exclude from the reckoning, despair of, Phld. Herc. 1251.22; reject, exclude, Id. Sign. 7, D. 3.13: - Med., dub.in Phld. Mort. 23.
3. esp. of voice or breath, cut short, τὸν τοῦ πνεύματος τόνον D.H. Comp. 14, cf. 22: - Pass., ἀποκέκοπταί τινι ἡ φωνή Plu. Dem. 25, cf. Dsc. Eup. 1.85.
4. of literary periods or phrases, bring to an abrupt close, δεῖ τῆ μακρᾶ -κόπτεσθαι Arist. Rh. 1409a19, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 18, 238.
5. Gramm., in Pass., to be cut short by ἀποκοπή (q.v.), Eust. 487.10, EM 609.54.
6. abstract an idea or word from its context, τὸ ἀγαθὸς ἀποκοπέν Anon. in SE 57.31.
II ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τόπου beat off from a strong place, of soldiers, X. An. 3.4.39, 4.2.10.
III Med., smite the breast in mourning: c. acc., mourn for, νεκρόν E. Tr. 628.
G609 — ἀποκόπτω
: 1 aorist ἀπεκοψα; future middle ἀποκόψομαι; to cut off, amputate: [Mar 9:43] (45); [Joh 18:10], [Joh 18:26]; [Act 27:32]; ὄφελον καί ἀποκόψονται I would that they (who urge the necessity of circumcision would not only circumcise themselves, but) would even mutilate themselves (or cut off their privy parts), [Gal 5:12]. ἀποκόπτεσθαι occurs in this sense in [Deu 23:1]; (Philo de alleg. leg. 3:3; de vict. off. § 13; cf. de spec. legg. i. § 7); Epictetus diss. 2, 20, 19; Lucian, Eun. 8; (Dion Cass. 79, 11; Diodorus Siculus 3, 31), and other passages quoted by Wetstein (1752) at the passage (and Sophocles Lexicon under the word). Others incorrectly: I would that they would cut themselves off from the society of Christians, quit it altogether; (cf. Meyer and Lightfoot at the passage).
ἀπο - κόπτω ,
[in LXX for H7112, H3772, etc.;]
to cut off: [Mar 9:43]; [Mar 9:45], [Joh 18:10]; [Joh 18:26] [Act 27:32]. Mid ., to mutilate oneself, have oneself mutilated: [Gal 5:12] ( cf. [Deu 23:1] LXX ; and v. Cremer , 751; MM , s.v. ). †