Quick Definition
ἀποτόμως Adv sharply, severely
Strong's Definition
abruptly, i.e. peremptorily
Derivation: adverb from a derivative of a comparative of G575 (ἀπό) and (to cut);
KJV Usage: sharply(-ness)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
advb. | τομός
88.74 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Kindness, Harshness
harshly (derivative of ἀποτομία ‘to show harshness,’ 88.73) pertaining to acting or dealing harshly with someone In some languages the equivalent of ἀποτομία (88.73) or ἀποτόμως is a negative expression combined with showing kindness, and therefore one may translate ‘to refuse to show kindness.’ In a number of circumstances, however, the equivalent of ἀποτομία or ἀποτόμως is a highly idiomatic expression, for example, ‘to refuse to look at,’ ‘to frown upon,’ or ‘to push aside.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀποτόμως, adv., (cf. ἀποτομία) ; a. abruptly, precipitously. b. trop. sharply, severely, [ef. our curtly]: Tit. i. 13; 2 Co. xiii. 10. On the adj. ἀπότομος οἴ. Grimm on Sap. p. 121 [who in illustration of its use in Sap. v. 20, 22; vi. 5, 11; xi. 10; xii. 9; xviii. 15, refers to the similar metaph. use in Diod. 2, 57; Longin. de sublim. 27; and the use of the Lat. abscisus in Val. Max. 2, 7,
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποτόμως apotomōs 2x
sharply, severely, 2 Cor. 13:10; Tit. 1:13*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀποτόμως, adv.,
[in LXX: Wi 5:22*;]
abruptly, curtly, hence sharply, severely: II Co 13:10, Tit 1:13 (MM, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποτόμως. For the adj. in its literal sense ‘‘ cut off,” cf. an inscription from Delos BCH xxvii. p. 102"! (B.C. 250) τῶν στροφέων ἀπότομον μῆκος πήχεων πέντε. In Cayzat III. 360° (Pamphylia, Imperial) ὀξέσι σιδηροῖς Kal ἀποτόμοις is believed to describe regular sharp weapons dealt out to gladiators for combat, in place of the blunt ones which the d/asé populace found insufficiently exciting. In Wisd 111° it denotes God’s retributive purposes towards Egypt, in contrast with His fatherly attitude to Israel at the Exodus.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποτόμως (apotomōs) — severely. Included with: ἀποτοξεύω, shoot off arrows, ἀπὸ δένδρων[Refs 2nd c.AD+]: metaphorically, shoot off like an arrow, ῥηματίσκια[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs]
2. shoot a person, τινά τινι[Refs]
II. keep off by shooting, λοιμόν[Refs]