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Strong's G2629 κατακόπτω (katakopto)

Katakopto means “cut” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2629 — chacam (“muzzle”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2629
Language Greek
Linked Usages 23
Books 16

Strong's G2629 Quick Answer

Strong's G2629 κατακόπτω (katakopto) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. katakopto (kat-ak-op'-to) v. 1. to chop down, i.e. mangle [from G2596 and G2875] It has 23 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include cut, pieces, lord, into, and sword. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
katakopto (kat-ak-op'-to) v. 1. to chop down, i.e. mangle [from G2596 and G2875]
Usage
23 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
cut, pieces, lord, into, and sword

Meaning and Definition

katakopto (kat-ak-op'-to) v. 1. to chop down, i.e. mangle [from G2596 and G2875] KJV: cut Root(s): G2596, G2875

Original Word
κατακόπτω
Transliteration
katakopto
Derivation
Root: κόπτω R1: 2596 R2: 2875
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2629. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to cut

Usage: κατα-κόπτω [in LXX for נָכָה hi., כָּתַת pi., etc. ;] to cut up, cut in pieces (cf. Isa.27:9, Jer.21:7, 2Ch.34:7): ἑαυτὸν λίθοις, Mrk.5:5.† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

cut pieces lord into sword fourth came down off city destroyed away

How Strong's G2629 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 20 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2629 (κατακόπτω) appears 22 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2629 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2629 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Mark 5:5 KJV

And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

Strong's G2629 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

20 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 14:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in Ashteroth, and Karnaim, and strong nations with them, and the Emim in the city Shaveh.

Genesis 14:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And having turned back they came to the well of judgment; this is Kadesh, and they cut in pieces all the princes of Amalek, and the Amorites dwelling in Hazazon-tamar.

Numbers 14:45 Septuagint / Brenton

And Amalek and the Canaanite that dwelt in that mountain came down, and routed them, and destroyed them unto Hormah; and they returned to the camp.

Strong's G2629 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 2:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And he took the borders of Cilicia, and killed all that resisted him, and came to the borders of Japheth, which were toward the south, over against Arabia.

2 Maccabees 1:13 Septuagint / Brenton

For when the leader was come into Persia, and the army with him that seemed invincible, they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Nanea’s priests.

Usage Excerpts

First 23 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2629.

Genesis 14:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings with him, and cut to pieces the giants in Ashteroth, and Karnaim, and strong nations with them, and the Emim in the city Shaveh.
Genesis 14:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having turned back they came to the well of judgment; this is Kadesh, and they cut in pieces all the princes of Amalek, and the Amorites dwelling in Hazazon-tamar.
Numbers 14:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amalek and the Canaanite that dwelt in that mountain came down, and routed them, and destroyed them unto Hormah; and they returned to the camp.
Joshua 10:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord struck them with terror before the children of Israel; and the Lord destroyed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon; and they pursued them by the way of the going up of Horon, and they smote them to Azekah and to Makkedah.
Joshua 11:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord delivered them into the power of Israel; and they smote them and pursued them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth, and to the plains of Mizpeh eastward; and they destroyed them till there was not one of them left that survived.
Judges 20:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they cut down Benjamin, and pursued him from Nohah closely till they came opposite Gibeah on the east.
2 Chronicles 15:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he removed Maacah his mother from being priestess to Asherah; and he cut down the idol, and burned it in the brook of Kidron.
2 Chronicles 28:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahaz removed the vessels of the house of the Lord, and cut them in pieces, and shut the doors of the house of the Lord, and made to himself altars in every corner in Jerusalem:
2 Chronicles 34:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he pulled down the altars and the groves, and he cut the idols in small pieces, and cut off all the high places from all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.
Isaiah 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Before the reaping time, when the flower has been completely formed, and the unripe grape has put forth its flower and blossomed, then shall he take away the little clusters with pruning hooks, and shall take away the small branches, and cut them off;
Isaiah 27:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be taken away; and this is his blessing, when I shall have taken away his sin; when they shall have broken to pieces all the stones of the altars as fine dust, and their trees shall not remain, and their idols shall be cut off, as a thicket afar off.
Jeremiah 20:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will give thee up to captivity with all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall see it: and I will give thee and all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon, and they shall carry them captives, and cut them in pieces with swords.
Jeremiah 21:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after this, thus saith the Lord; I will give Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people that is left in this city from the pestilence, and from the famine, and from the sword, into the hands of their enemies, that seek their lives: and they shall cut them in pieces with the edge of the sword: I will not spare them, and I will not have compassion upon them.
Ezekiel 5:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A fourth part thou shalt burn in the fire in the midst of the city, at the fulfillment of the days of the siege: and thou shalt take a fourth part, and burn it up in the midst of it: and a fourth part thou shalt cut with a sword round about it: and a fourth part thou shalt scatter to the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
Daniel 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on the earth, which shall excel all other kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and trample and destroy it.
Amos 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will break to pieces the bars of Damascus, and will destroy the inhabitants out of the plain of Aven, and will cut in pieces a tribe out of the men of Haran: and the famous people of Syria shall be led captive, saith the Lord.
Micah 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall cut in pieces all the graven images, and all that she has hired they shall burn with fire, and I will utterly destroy all her idols: because she has gathered of the hires of fornication, and of the hires of fornication has she amassed wealth.
Micah 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall judge among many peoples, and shall rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into sickles; and nation shall no more lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn to war anymore.
Zephaniah 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lament, ye that inhabit the city that has been broken down, for all the people has become like Canaan; and all that were exalted by silver have been utterly destroyed.
Zechariah 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore I will no longer have mercy upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, behold, I will deliver up the men every one into the hand of his neighbor, and into the hand of his king; and they shall destroy the land, and I will not rescue out of their hand.
Mark 5:5 New Testament, KJV
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Judith 2:25 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took the borders of Cilicia, and killed all that resisted him, and came to the borders of Japheth, which were toward the south, over against Arabia.
2 Maccabees 1:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For when the leader was come into Persia, and the army with him that seemed invincible, they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Nanea’s priests.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2629, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2629 FAQ

What does katakopto (κατακόπτω) mean?

Katakopto (Strong's G2629) is a Greek word most simply glossed "cut". katakopto (kat-ak-op'-to) v. 1. to chop down, i.e. mangle [from G2596 and G2875]

How many times is katakopto (κατακόπτω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 23 linked usages for Strong's G2629 across 16 books.

Where can I study katakopto (κατακόπτω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2629 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate katakopto (κατακόπτω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cut, pieces, lord, into, sword, and fourth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2629 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 20 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2629, with linked reader references where each row is available.