Strong G348ἀνακόπτω

to restrain

Transliteration
anakoptō
Pronunciation
an-ak-op'-to
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G303 and G2875; to beat back that is check: - hinder.

Detailed definition

1. to drive back , (Odyssey by Homer)
2. to beat back an assailant, (Thucydides)
3. to stop:—; Pass. to be stopped, stop short , τινός from a thing, (Lucian) (ML)

In the Bible

Strong G348 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • hinder1

First verses

  1. Galatians 5:7
    Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνα-κόπτω,
drive back, push back, θυρέων δ᾽ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.47.)]
2 beat back an assailant, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.12, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 38.)]
3 ἀ. ναῦν check a ship's course, variant in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 25.2.)]
4 return food, διὰ ῥινῶν, εἰς τὰς ῥῖνας, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus in “Rh.Mus.” 58.86, 90 and 96, compare 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.6.)]
II knock out, τὰς ὄψεις ἀνακοπείς[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Her.Prooem.” 2.)]
II.2 cut from below, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 9.18.)]
II.3 beat up eggs, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.222, “PMag.Lond.” 121.180.)]
III check, stop, ἦχον[Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 22; προσδοκίαν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 25; ἀοιδήν 5th-6th c.AD: Coluthus Epicus 125)]:—passive, to be stopped, restrained, τῆς ὁρμῆς[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 57, compare “PFlor.” 36.3)]; stop short in a speech, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 35.)]
IV in Medicine texts, take effect, ἀνακόπτει γὰρ οὕτως ἡ ὠφέλεια[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus in “Rh.Mus.” 58.92 (perhaps διακ.,compare “SIG” 1170.16).)]