ἐκ-κόπτω,
[in LXX for כָּרַת, etc. ;]
to cut out, cut off, cut down: of a hand, foot, Mat.5:30 18:8; a tree, Mat.3:10 7:19 Luk.3:9 13:7, 9; figuratively, of a branch, Rom.11:22; before ἐκ, Rom.11:24; metaphorically, τ. ἀφορμήν (cf. Job.19:10 ἐλπίδα), 2Co.11:12.†
(AS)