Lexicon egkoptó: to cut into, i.e. fig. impede, detain Original Word: ἐγκόπτωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: egkoptó Phonetic Spelling: (eng-kop'-to) Short Definition: I interrupt, hinder Definition: I interrupt, hinder. HELPS word-Studies 1465 egkóptō (from 1722 /en, "in" and 2875 /kóptō, "cut") – properly, cut into (like blocking off a road); hinder (A-S) by "introducing an obstacle that stands sharply in the way of a moving object" (Souter); (figuratively) sharply impede, by cutting off what is desired or needed; to block (hinder). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom en and koptóDefinitionto cut into, i.e. fig. impede, detain NASB Translationhindered (3), prevented (1), weary (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1465: ἐγκόπτωἐγκόπτω (in Acts T WH ἐνκόπτω, so T in 1 Pet. where R ἐκκόπτω; see ἐν, III. 3); 1 aorist ἐνεκοψα; passive (present ἐγκόπτομαι; imperfect ἐνεκοπτόμην; to cut into, to impede one's course by cutting off his way; hence, universally, to hinder ( Hesychius: ἐμποδίζω, διακωλύω); with the dative of the object, Polybius 24, 1, 12; in the N. T. with the accusative of the object, 1 Thessalonians 2:18; followed by an infinitive, Galatians 5:7 (see ἀνακόπτω); an infinitive preceded by τοῦ, Romans 15:22; εἰς τό μή ἐγκόπτεσθαι τάς προσευχάς ὑμῶν, that ye be not hindered from praying (together), 1 Peter 3:7; equivalent to to detain ( A. V. to be tedious unto) one, Acts 24:4 (cf. Valcken. Schol. 1:600f).
Strong's hinder, be tedious unto. From en and kopto; to cut into, i.e. (figuratively) impede, detain -- hinder, be tedious unto. see GREEK en see GREEK kopto |
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