Strong's Concordance katakoptó: to cut up Original Word: κατακόπτωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: katakoptó Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ak-op'-to) Short Definition: I beat, wound Definition: I cut up, cut in pieces, mangle, wound. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2629: κατακόπτωκατακόπτω; 1. to cut up, cut to pieces (see κατά, III. 4); to slay: Isaiah 27:9; 2 Chronicles 34:7, etc.; Herodotus and following 2. to beat, bruise: ἑαυτόν λίθοις, Mark 5:5; (others retain here the primary meaning, to cut, gash, mangle). From kata and kopto; to chop down, i.e. Mangle -- cut. see GREEK kata see GREEK kopto Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 26291 Occurrence κατακόπτων — 1 Occ. Mark 5:5 V-PPA-NMS GRK: κράζων καὶ κατακόπτων ἑαυτὸν λίθοις NAS: and in the mountains, and gashing himself KJV: and cutting himself INT: crying and cutting himself with stones |