Definition

to exscind; figuratively, to frustrate

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and G2875 (κόπτω);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• κόπτω kóptō

How the KJV renders it

• cut down (off
• out)
• hew down
• hinder

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.