King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1254
Transliteration: diakōlyō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ak-o-loo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hinder
Meaning: to hinder
διακωλύω: imperfect διεκωλυον; (διά in this compound does not denote effort as is commonly said, but separation, Latindis, cf. German verhindern, Latinprohibere; cf. διακλειω, to separate by shutting, shut out; cf. Winers De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 17f); to hinder, prevent: τινα, Matthew 3:14 (on the tense cf. Winers Grammar, § 40, 3 c.; Buttmann, 205 (178)). (From Sophocles and Thucydides down.)
Word Summary
diakōlyō: to hinder
Original Word: διακωλύωTransliteration: diakōlyō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ak-o-loo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to hinder
Meaning: to hinder
Strong's Concordance
forbid. From dia and koluo; to hinder altogether, i.e. Utterly prohibit -- forbid.
see GREEK dia
see GREEK koluo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1254: διακωλύωδιακωλύω: imperfect διεκωλυον; (διά in this compound does not denote effort as is commonly said, but separation, Latindis, cf. German verhindern, Latinprohibere; cf. διακλειω, to separate by shutting, shut out; cf. Winers De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 17f); to hinder, prevent: τινα, Matthew 3:14 (on the tense cf. Winers Grammar, § 40, 3 c.; Buttmann, 205 (178)). (From Sophocles and Thucydides down.)