ἐγκοπή (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: 1Co_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.

ἐγκοπή enkopē 1x alsn spelled ἐκκοπή , pr. an incision, e.g. a trench, etc., cut in the way of an enemy; an impediment, hindrance, 1Co_9:12

*† ἐν -κοπή ( Rec. έγκ -, see ἐν ; T , ἐκκ -), -ῆς , ή ( < έγκόπτω ); 1. an incision, a cutting, break. 2. Metaph ., an interruption, a hindrance: 1Co_9:12 .† ἐγ -κοπή , see ἐνκ -.

ἐκκοπή / ἐνκοπή [page 195] The somewhat rare ἐκκοπή is found in its literal sense of cutting or cutting down in BGU IV. 1121 .27 (B.C. 5) ξυλείας ] ἐκκοπήν , P Lond 214 .24 (A.D. 270 5) (= II. p. 162), where with reference to the cutting down of two acacia trees an official is sent to inspect τῆς ἐκ [κοπ ]ῆς τὴν διάθεσιν , and P Gen I. 62 .7 (mid. iv/A.D.) τεχνίτας πρὸς τὴν ἐκκοπὴν τῶν ξύλων , cf. .11 . The derived meaning of hindrance in the only occurrence of ἐνκοπή in the NT ( 1Co_9:12 ) may be illustrated from Vett. Valens p. 2 .7 ἐγκοπὰς τῶν πρασσομένων : the adj. ἐγκοπτικός also occurs ter , e.g. p. 182 .12 κωλυτικοὶ καὶ ἐγκοπτικοὶ δόξης καὶ ὠφελείας .

ἐγκοπή ἐγκοπή, ἡ, [Etym: from ἐγκόπτω] "a hindrance", NTest.

ἐγκοπή, see: ἐνκ-. ἐν-κοπή (Rec. ἐγκ-, see: ἐν; T, ἐκκ-), -ῆς, ἡ (ἐγκόπτω) ; 1. an incision, a cutting, break. 2. Metaphorical, an interruption, a hindrance: 1Co.9:12.† (AS)