# G1581 ἐκκόπτω

ἐκκόπτω (ekkóptō), Strong’s G1581: to exscind; figuratively, to frustrate KJV: cut down (off, out), hew down, hinder. Occurs 42 times.

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*ekkóptō* — to exscind; figuratively, to frustrate

KJV: cut down (off, out), hew down, hinder

Built from [ἐκ ek](https://besorah.bible/word/G1537) (literal or figurative) + [κόπτω kóptō](https://besorah.bible/word/G2875) (to "chop")

Occurs 42 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 3:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/3?v=10) — Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and…
- [Matthew 5:30](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=30) — If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you…
- [Matthew 7:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/7?v=19) — Every tree that doesn’t grow good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
- [Matthew 18:8](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/18?v=8) — If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into…
- [Luke 3:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/3?v=9) — Even now the ax also lies at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down…
- [Luke 13:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/13?v=7) — He said to the vine dresser, ‘Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none…
- [Luke 13:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/13?v=9) — If it bears fruit, fine; but if not, after that, you can cut it down.’”
- [Romans 11:22](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/11?v=22) — See then the goodness and severity of God. Toward those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue…
- [Romans 11:24](https://besorah.bible/besorah/romans/11?v=24) — For if you were cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good…
- [2 Corinthians 11:12](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/11?v=12) — But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity, that in…