King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2870
Transliteration: kopetos
Phonetic Spelling: (kop-et-os')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a beating of the head and breast
Meaning: a beating of the head and breast
κοπετός, κοπετοῦ, ὁ (from κόπτομαι, see κόπτω), the Sept. for מִסְפֵּד; Latinplanctus, i. e. lamentation with beating of the breast as n sign of grief: κοπετόν ποιεῖσθαι ἐπί τίνι, Acts 8:2; ἐπί τινα, Zechariah 12:10. (Eupolis in Bekker's annott. ad Etym. Magn., p. 776; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 11, 31; Plutarch, Fab. 17.)
Word Summary
kopetos: a beating of the head and breast
Original Word: κοπετόςTransliteration: kopetos
Phonetic Spelling: (kop-et-os')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a beating of the head and breast
Meaning: a beating of the head and breast
Strong's Concordance
lamentation. From kopto; mourning (properly, by beating the breast) -- lamentation.
see GREEK kopto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2870: κοπετόςκοπετός, κοπετοῦ, ὁ (from κόπτομαι, see κόπτω), the Sept. for מִסְפֵּד; Latinplanctus, i. e. lamentation with beating of the breast as n sign of grief: κοπετόν ποιεῖσθαι ἐπί τίνι, Acts 8:2; ἐπί τινα, Zechariah 12:10. (Eupolis in Bekker's annott. ad Etym. Magn., p. 776; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Antiquities 11, 31; Plutarch, Fab. 17.)