Strong G2967κωλύω
to prevent
- Transliteration
- kōluō
- Pronunciation
- ko-loo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From the base of G2849; to estop that is prevent (by word or act): - forbid hinder keep from let not suffer withstand.
Detailed definition
κωλύω
(κόλος), [in LXX for כָּלָא, מָנַע, etc.;]
to hinder, restrain, forbid, withhold: with accusative and inf., Mat.19:14, Luk.23:2, Act.8:36 16:6 24:23, 1Th.2:16, Heb.7:23; inf. om., Mrk.9:38-39 10:14, Luk.9:49-50 11:52 18:16, Act.11:17, Rom.1:13, 3Jn.10; accusative om., 1Ti.4:3; with accusative of person(s) and genitive of thing(s), Act.27:43; with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.14:39, 2Pe.2:16; id. before τοῦ μή, Act.10:47; id. before ἀπό (like Heb. מִן כָּלָא, Gen.23:6, al.), Luk.6:29 (cf. δια-κωλύω).†
(AS)
(κόλος), [in LXX for כָּלָא, מָנַע, etc.;]
to hinder, restrain, forbid, withhold: with accusative and inf., Mat.19:14, Luk.23:2, Act.8:36 16:6 24:23, 1Th.2:16, Heb.7:23; inf. om., Mrk.9:38-39 10:14, Luk.9:49-50 11:52 18:16, Act.11:17, Rom.1:13, 3Jn.10; accusative om., 1Ti.4:3; with accusative of person(s) and genitive of thing(s), Act.27:43; with accusative of thing(s), 1Co.14:39, 2Pe.2:16; id. before τοῦ μή, Act.10:47; id. before ἀπό (like Heb. מִן כָּלָא, Gen.23:6, al.), Luk.6:29 (cf. δια-κωλύω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2967 appears in 23 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- forbid14
- hinder2
- forbad1
- forbidden1
- forbiddeth1
- keep1
- let1
- suffer1
- that1
- withstand1
First verses
- Matthew 19:14But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
- Mark 9:38And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
- Mark 9:39But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
- Mark 10:14But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
- Luke 6:29And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
- Luke 9:49And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.
- Luke 9:50And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us.
- Luke 11:52Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
- Luke 18:16But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
- Luke 23:2And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
- Acts 8:36And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
- Acts 10:47Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
- Acts 11:17Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?
- Acts 16:6Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
- Acts 24:23And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
- Acts 27:43But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
- Romans 1:13Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
- 1 Corinthians 14:39Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:16Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.
- 1 Timothy 4:3Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κωλύω,
future -ύσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1448)]: aorist ἐκώλῡσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 897 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 244c)]; perfect κεκώλῡκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.101, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.63 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]:—passive, future κωλυθήσομαι [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Sir.20.2(1), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 2.25)]: also in middle form -ύσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142)]: aorist ἐκωλύθην [Refs ([prev. author] 2.64, etc.:)]perfect κεκώλῡμαι[Refs ([prev. work] 37)]. [ῡ always before a consonant: common before a vowel, κωλῡόμεσθα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 391, κωλῡέτω [prev. author] “Ph.” 990, κωλῠεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.33, κώλῠει 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 55 (= 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 22 Lobel), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” (see.below), “fragment” 100, 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 25, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 10)].]:—hinder, prevent:—Constr.:
1 with accusative et infinitive, κ. ἐκρέειν τὸν Νεῖλον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.20)]; κώλυεν [μιν] μεῖναι Pi.[same place]; τί δῆτα καὶ σὲ κωλύει <λαβεῖν> κέρδο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 794, compare “IT” 507, etc.; ὅς σε κ. τὸ δρᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1241; φεύγειν οὐδεὶς κ. νόμος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.52: with _negative_ added (rare in _Attic dialect_ Prose), κ. τινὰ μὴ θανεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1268; μὴ προσεύχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.22, etc.)]:— passive, χρημάτων σπάνει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142)]; τοῦ ὕδατος πιεῖν from drinking the water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 621b; κωλυόμεσθα μὴ μαθεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 391; μὴ οὐ πονηρὸν εἶναι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.3.)]
1.b rarely with participle pro infinitive, κ. τινὰ πόλεμον εἰσάγοντα [Refs ([prev. author] 7.25)]:—passive, μὴ κωλύωνται περαιούμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.26.)]
1.c with relative clause, κωλύειν εἴ τις ἐπαγγέλλεται, = {τινὰ μὴ ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.15)]; ἐκωλύσαμεν, ἵνα γένησθε.. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.6.2.)]
2 with genitive of things, κ. τινά τινος hinder one from a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.21, “An.” 1.6.2, etc.; κ. τινὰ ἀπό τινος [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.3.11, 3.3.51)]:—passive, τῆς ὁρμῆς ἐκωλύθησαν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.55.3.)]
3 with accusative of things, prevent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1390 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.24)]:—passive, ἐν τούτῳ κεκωλῦσθαι ἐδόκει τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8, compare 4.14; ταῦτα.. μὴ ἐν ὑμῖν κωλυθῇ [prev. author] 2.64)]; μηδὲ.. δαπάνῃ κεκωλύσθω let there be no hindrance by reason of expense, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.129.)]
3.b withhold, τι ἀπό τινος [LXX+NT (LXX.Gen.23.6, NT.Luke.6.29.)]
4 with accusative person, hinder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.35; τοὺς δρῶντας μοχθηρά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1113b26.)]
5 absolutely, οὐδ᾽ ὁ κωλύσων παρῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 261, compare “El.” 1197; εἴσ᾽ οἳ κωλύουσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 499)]; of the tribune's intercessio, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 10)]; τὸ κωλῦον hindrance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.20, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.12: frequently an)]infinitive may be supplied, εἶτα τίς σε κωλύει (i.e. γεωργεῖν); [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 100)]; αὐτοὶ ὠφελούμενοι τοὺς πολεμίους κωλύσετε [ὠφελεῖσθαι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91, compare 2.37 (_passive_).)]
6 frequently in [Refs (3 _person_, οὐδὲν κωλύει)] there is nothing to hinder, with accusative et infinitive, ὁμόψηφον τὸν Ἀργεῖον εἶναι κ. οὐδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.149; οὐδέν σε κωλύσει σεαυτὸν ἐμβαλεῖν ἐς τὸ βάραθρον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1448, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 268e; ὃν διαμάττειν οὐ κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 463)]; τί κ. ἡμᾶς διελθεῖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 143a, etc.)]; οὐδὲν κ., absolutely, as a form of assent, be it so, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 723, 972, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 272d, etc.)]; τί γὰρ κ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Euthphr.” 9d, compare “Plt.” 292a, +others; τό γ᾽ ἐμὸν οὐδὲν κ. [prev. author] “Grg.” 458d; μὴ τὸ σὸν κωλυέτω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 990; οὐ τἀμὰ κωλύσει 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.151c, etc.)]; οὔτε ἐκεῖνο κωλύει ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς neither is that any hindrance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.144 (wrongly explained as ={κωλύεται} by 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Amm.” 2.7))]; οὔτε μίαν δυοῖν τὴν αὐτὴν εἶναι κ. nor is there any hindrance to one of two being the same, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 202b9.)]
future -ύσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1448)]: aorist ἐκώλῡσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 897 (_anapaest meter_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 244c)]; perfect κεκώλῡκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.101, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.63 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]:—passive, future κωλυθήσομαι [LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Sir.20.2(1), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 2.25)]: also in middle form -ύσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142)]: aorist ἐκωλύθην [Refs ([prev. author] 2.64, etc.:)]perfect κεκώλῡμαι[Refs ([prev. work] 37)]. [ῡ always before a consonant: common before a vowel, κωλῡόμεσθα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 391, κωλῡέτω [prev. author] “Ph.” 990, κωλῠεν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.33, κώλῠει 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 55 (= 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 22 Lobel), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Eq.” (see.below), “fragment” 100, 4th c.BC: Anaxilas Comicus 25, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 10)].]:—hinder, prevent:—Constr.:
1 with accusative et infinitive, κ. ἐκρέειν τὸν Νεῖλον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.20)]; κώλυεν [μιν] μεῖναι Pi.[same place]; τί δῆτα καὶ σὲ κωλύει <λαβεῖν> κέρδο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 794, compare “IT” 507, etc.; ὅς σε κ. τὸ δρᾶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1241; φεύγειν οὐδεὶς κ. νόμος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.52: with _negative_ added (rare in _Attic dialect_ Prose), κ. τινὰ μὴ θανεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1268; μὴ προσεύχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.22, etc.)]:— passive, χρημάτων σπάνει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142)]; τοῦ ὕδατος πιεῖν from drinking the water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 621b; κωλυόμεσθα μὴ μαθεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 391; μὴ οὐ πονηρὸν εἶναι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.3.)]
1.b rarely with participle pro infinitive, κ. τινὰ πόλεμον εἰσάγοντα [Refs ([prev. author] 7.25)]:—passive, μὴ κωλύωνται περαιούμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.26.)]
1.c with relative clause, κωλύειν εἴ τις ἐπαγγέλλεται, = {τινὰ μὴ ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.15)]; ἐκωλύσαμεν, ἵνα γένησθε.. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 6.6.2.)]
2 with genitive of things, κ. τινά τινος hinder one from a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.21, “An.” 1.6.2, etc.; κ. τινὰ ἀπό τινος [prev. author] “Cyr.” 1.3.11, 3.3.51)]:—passive, τῆς ὁρμῆς ἐκωλύθησαν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.55.3.)]
3 with accusative of things, prevent, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1390 (troch.), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.2.24)]:—passive, ἐν τούτῳ κεκωλῦσθαι ἐδόκει τὰ πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.8, compare 4.14; ταῦτα.. μὴ ἐν ὑμῖν κωλυθῇ [prev. author] 2.64)]; μηδὲ.. δαπάνῃ κεκωλύσθω let there be no hindrance by reason of expense, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.129.)]
3.b withhold, τι ἀπό τινος [LXX+NT (LXX.Gen.23.6, NT.Luke.6.29.)]
4 with accusative person, hinder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.35; τοὺς δρῶντας μοχθηρά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1113b26.)]
5 absolutely, οὐδ᾽ ὁ κωλύσων παρῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 261, compare “El.” 1197; εἴσ᾽ οἳ κωλύουσιν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 499)]; of the tribune's intercessio, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 10)]; τὸ κωλῦον hindrance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.5.20, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.12: frequently an)]infinitive may be supplied, εἶτα τίς σε κωλύει (i.e. γεωργεῖν); [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 100)]; αὐτοὶ ὠφελούμενοι τοὺς πολεμίους κωλύσετε [ὠφελεῖσθαι] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.91, compare 2.37 (_passive_).)]
6 frequently in [Refs (3 _person_, οὐδὲν κωλύει)] there is nothing to hinder, with accusative et infinitive, ὁμόψηφον τὸν Ἀργεῖον εἶναι κ. οὐδέν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.149; οὐδέν σε κωλύσει σεαυτὸν ἐμβαλεῖν ἐς τὸ βάραθρον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1448, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 268e; ὃν διαμάττειν οὐ κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 463)]; τί κ. ἡμᾶς διελθεῖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 143a, etc.)]; οὐδὲν κ., absolutely, as a form of assent, be it so, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 723, 972, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 272d, etc.)]; τί γὰρ κ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Euthphr.” 9d, compare “Plt.” 292a, +others; τό γ᾽ ἐμὸν οὐδὲν κ. [prev. author] “Grg.” 458d; μὴ τὸ σὸν κωλυέτω 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 990; οὐ τἀμὰ κωλύσει 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.151c, etc.)]; οὔτε ἐκεῖνο κωλύει ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς neither is that any hindrance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.144 (wrongly explained as ={κωλύεται} by 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Amm.” 2.7))]; οὔτε μίαν δυοῖν τὴν αὐτὴν εἶναι κ. nor is there any hindrance to one of two being the same, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 202b9.)]