Lexical Summary enkopē: a hindrance Original Word: ἐγκοπήTransliteration: enkopē Phonetic Spelling: (eng-kop-ay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a hindrance Meaning: a hindrance Strong's Concordance hinder. From egkopto; a hindrance -- X hinder. see GREEK egkopto Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1464: ἐγκοπήἐγκοπή (WH ἐνκοπη T ἐκκοπῇ, see ἐν, III. 3), ἐγκοπης, ἡ (ἐγκόπτω, properly, a cutting (made in the road to impede an enemy in pursuit ((?)), hence), a hindrance: 1 Corinthians 9:12. (Diodorus 1, 32; Dionysius Halicarnassus, de comp. verb., p. 157, 15 (22); Longinus, de sublim. 41, 3; (others).) STRONGS NT 1464: ἐκκοπῇἐκκοπῇ, ἐκκοπης, ἡ (Polybius, Plutarch, others), see ἐγκοπή. |