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GreekG2967Verb

κωλύω

kōluō

23Occurrences
G2967Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to estop, i.e. prevent (by word or act)

from the base of G2849 (κολάζω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to hinder, re­strain, forbid, withhold: with accusative and inf.,; inf. om.,; accusative om.; τοῦ μή; *ἀπό *(like Heb. מִן כָּלָא, ).
LXX: for כָּלָא, מָנַע, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

κωλύω appears 23 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Acts
6
Luke
6
Mark
3
1 Corinthians
1
1 Thessalonians
1
1 Timothy
1
2 Peter
1
3 John
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 14:39BSB

So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

3 John 1:10BSB

So if I come, I will call attention to his malicious slander against us. And unsatisfied with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers and forbids those who want to do so, even putting them out of the church.

Acts 24:23BSB

He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

Luke 11:52BSB

Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

Luke 9:49BSB

“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.