Verb koptō (to beat, to cut) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

11: 17'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not beat (koptō) [your breasts].'
21: 8A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut (koptō) branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
24: 30Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will beat (koptō) [their breasts], and they will see 'the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven' with power and great glory.

Mark

11: 8Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut (koptō) in the fields.

Luke

8: 52They were all weeping and beating (koptō) [their breasts] for her; but he said, "Do not weep; for she is not dead but sleeping."
23: 27A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating (koptō) [their breasts] and wailing for him.