κόπτω,
[in LXX for כּרת, ספד, נכה hi., etc.;]
1. to strike, smite.
2. to cut off: c. acc. rei, seq. ἀπό, Mt 21:8; ἐκ, Mk 11:8. Mid., to beat one's breast with grief, to mourn, bewail: Mt 11:1724:30; c. acc. pers., Lk 8:5223:27; seq. ἐπί, c. acc., Re 1:718:9 (cf. ἀνα-, ἀπο-, ἐκ-, ἐν-, κατα-, προ-, προσ-κόπτω).†
SYN.: θρηνέω, q.v.