Strong's Greek: 2955. κύπτω (kuptó) -- to stoop down

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Lexicon

kuptó: to stoop down

Original Word: κύπτω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: kuptó
Phonetic Spelling: (koop'-to)
Short Definition: I bend, stoop down
Definition: I bend, stoop down, bow the head.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
probably from a prim. root kuph-
Definition
to stoop down
NASB Translation
stoop down (1), stooped (1).

Thayer's

STRONGS NT 2955: κύπτω

κύπτω: 1 aorist participle κύψας; (from κυβη the head (cf. Vanicek, p. 164; especially Curtius, index under the word)); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for קָדַד; to bow the head, bend forward, stoop down: Mark 1:7; with κάτω added (Aristophanes vesp. 279), John 8:6, 8. (Compare: ἀνακύπτω, παρακύπτω, συγκύπτω.)

Strong's

stoop down.

Probably from the base of kuma; to bend forward -- stoop (down).

see GREEK kuma