Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
lamentation
Usage: κοπετός, -οῦ, ὁ (κόπτω, mid.), [in LXX chiefly for מִסְפֵּד ;] = cl. κομμός, a beating of the head and breast, lamentation: before ἐπί with dative of person(s), Act.8:2.† (AS)
Strong's Number
G2870
Language
Greek
Linked Usages
19
Books
13
Strong's G2870 Quick Answer
Strong's G2870 κοπετός (kopetos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kopetos (kop-et-os') n. 1. mourning (properly, by beating the breast) [from G2875] It has 19 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include lamentation. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
- Meaning
- kopetos (kop-et-os') n. 1. mourning (properly, by beating the breast) [from G2875]
- Usage
- 19 linked usages
- Books
- 13 indexed books
- Corpus
- New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
- Usage Words
- lamentation
Meaning and Definition
kopetos (kop-et-os') n. 1. mourning (properly, by beating the breast) [from G2875] KJV: lamentation Root(s): G2875
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2870. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's G2870 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kopetos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
lamentation
Acts 8:2
How Strong's G2870 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 12 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 G2870 (κοπετός) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
- 1 Maccabees 2:70 — κοπετὸν
- 1 Maccabees 4:39 — κοπετὸν
- 1 Maccabees 9:20 — κοπετὸν
- 1 Maccabees 13:26 — κοπετὸν
- 3 Maccabees 4:3 — κοπετοῦ
Strong's G2870 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 G2870 in the New Testament
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
Strong's G2870 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
12 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan; and they bewailed him with a great and very sore lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.
Thou hast turned my mourning into joy for me: Thou hast rent off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Strong's G2870 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha
6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And he died in the hundred forty and sixth year, and his sons buried him in the sepulchers of his fathers at Modein, and all Israel made great lamentation for him.
they rent their clothes, and made great lamentation, and cast ashes upon their heads,
Moreover they bewailed him, and all Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, saying,
Usage Excerpts
First 19 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2870.
And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan; and they bewailed him with a great and very sore lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.
Thou hast turned my mourning into joy for me: Thou hast rent off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
And the Lord, the Lord of hosts, called in that day for weeping, and lamentation, and baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:
O daughter of my people, gird thyself with sackcloth: sprinkle thyself with ashes; make for thyself pitiable lamentation, as the mourning for a beloved son: for misery will come suddenly upon you.
Take up a lamentation for the mountains, and a mournful dirge for the paths of the wilderness, for they are desolate for want of men; they heard not the sound of life from the birds of the sky, nor the cattle: they were amazed, they are gone.
Now therefore, saith the Lord your God, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with lamentation:
Therefore thus saith the Lord God Almighty; In all the streets shall be lamentations; and in all the ways shall it be said, Woe, woe! the husbandman shall be called to mourning and lamentation, and to them that are skilled in complaining.
And there shall be lamentation in all the ways; because I will pass through the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
Therefore shall she lament and wail, she shall go barefooted, and being naked she shall make lamentation as that of serpents, and mourning as of the daughters of sirens.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon me, because they have mocked me, and they shall make lamentation for him, as for a beloved friend, and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn son.
In that day the lamentation in Jerusalem shall be very great, as the mourning for the pomegranate grove cut down in the plain.
And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
And he died in the hundred forty and sixth year, and his sons buried him in the sepulchers of his fathers at Modein, and all Israel made great lamentation for him.
they rent their clothes, and made great lamentation, and cast ashes upon their heads,
Moreover they bewailed him, and all Israel made great lamentation for him, and mourned many days, saying,
And all Israel made great lamentation for him, and bewailed him many days.
What home, or city, or place at all inhabited, or what streets were there, which their condition did not fill with wailing and lamentation?
Weep bitterly, and make great moan, And use lamentation, as he is worthy, And that a day or two, lest thou be evil spoken of: And then comfort thyself for thy heaviness;
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2870, grouped by book.
Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
1 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Strong's G2870 FAQ
What does kopetos (κοπετός) mean?
Kopetos (Strong's G2870) is a Greek word most simply glossed "lamentation". kopetos (kop-et-os') n. 1. mourning (properly, by beating the breast) [from G2875]
How many times is kopetos (κοπετός) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 19 linked usages for Strong's G2870 across 13 books.
Where can I study kopetos (κοπετός) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2870 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
What English words translate kopetos (κοπετός)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lamentation. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Does Strong's G2870 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?
Yes. The current local index includes 12 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2870, with linked reader references where each row is available.