Dictionary entry

κατακόπτω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κατα-κόπτω,

[in LXX for נכה hi., כּתת pi., etc.;]

to cut up, cut in pieces (cf. Is 27:9, Je 21:7, II Ch 34:7): ἑαυτὸν λίθοις, Mk 5:5.†