ἐγκόπτω, see: ἐνκ-.

ἐν-κόπτω (Rec. ἐγκ-, see: ἐν; and in I Pe, l.with, ἐκκ-);

1. to cut into (as in breaking up a road), hence, 2. to hinder: with accusative Act.24:4, 1Th.2:18. inf. Gal.5:7; before τοῦ, with inf. Rom.15:22; εἰς τό, with inf, 1Pe.3:7.†

(AS)