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Strong's #2967 - κωλύω
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- to hinder, prevent forbid
- to withhold a thing from anyone
- to deny or refuse one a thing
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κωλύω,
fut. - ύσω Ar. Nu. 1448: aor. ἐκώλῡσα E. Alc. 897 (anap.), Pl. Mx. 244c; pf. κεκώλῡκα Din. 1.101, Phld. Rh. 2.63 S.: —
Pass., fut. κωλυθήσομαι LXX Si. 20.2(1), Luc. VH 2.25: also in med. form - ύσομαι Th. 1.142: aor. ἐκωλύθην Id. 2.64, etc.: pf. κεκώλῡμαι ib. 37. [ ῡ always before a conson.: common before a vowel, κωλῡόμεσθα E. Ion 391, κωλῡέτω Id. Ph. 990, κωλῠεν Pi. P. 4.33, κώλῠει Alc. 55 (= Sapph. 22 Lobel), Ar. Eq. (v.infr.), Fr. 100, Anaxil. 25, Men. Epit. 10.]: —
hinder, prevent: — Constr.:
1. c. acc. et inf., κ. ἐκρέειν τὸν Νεῖλον Hdt. 2.20; κώλυεν [μιν] μεῖναι Pi.l.c.; τί δῆτα καὶ σὲ κωλύει [λαβεῖν] κέρδος; E. Fr. 794, cf. IT 507, etc.; ὅς σε κ. τὸ δρᾶν S. Ph. 1241; φεύγειν οὐδεὶς κ. νόμος D. 23.52: with neg. added (rare in Att. Prose), κ. τινὰ μὴ θανεῖν E. Ph. 1268; μὴ προσεύχεσθαι X. HG 3.2.22, etc.: — Pass., χρημάτων σπάνει Th. 1.142; τοῦ ὕδατος πιεῖν from drinking the water, Pl. R. 621b; κωλυόμεσθα μὴ μαθεῖν E. Ion 391; μὴ οὐ πονηρὸν εἶναι D.H. 2.3. rarely c. part. pro inf., κ. τινὰ πόλεμον εἰσάγοντα Id. 7.25: — Pass., μὴ κωλύωνται περαιούμενοι Th. 1.26. with relat. clause, κωλύειν εἴ τις ἐπαγγέλλεται, = τινὰ μὴ ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι, D. 4.15; ἐκωλύσαμεν, ἵνα γένησθε.. J. BJ 6.6.2.
2. c. gen. rei, κ. τινά τινος hinder one from a thing, X. HG 3.2.21, An. 1.6.2, etc.; κ. τινὰ ἀπό τινος Id. Cyr. 1.3.11, 3.3.51: — Pass., τῆς ὁρμῆς ἐκωλύθησαν Plb. 6.55.3.
3. c. acc. rei, prevent, E. IA 1390 (troch.), X. An. 4.2.24: — Pass., ἐν τούτῳ κεκωλῦσθαι ἐδόκει τὰ πράγματα Th. 2.8, cf. 4.14; ταῦτα.. μὴ ἐν ὑμῖν κωλυθῇ Id. 2.64; μηδὲ.. δαπάνῃ κεκωλύσθω let there be no hindrance by reason of expense, Id. 1.129. withhold, τι ἀπό τινος LXX Genesis 23:6, Luke 6:29.
4. c. acc. pers., hinder, Th. 1.35; τοὺς δρῶντας μοχθηρά Arist. EN 1113b26.
5. abs., οὐδ' ὁ κωλύσων παρῆν S. Ant. 261, cf. El. 1197; εἴσ' οἳ κωλύουσιν Ar. Pax 499; of the tribune's intercessio, Plu. TG 10; τὸ κωλῦον hindrance, X. An. 4.5.20, D. 1.12: freq. an inf. may be supplied, εἶτα τίς σε κωλύει (sc. γεωργεῖν); Ar. Fr. 100; αὐτοὶ ὠφελούμενοι τοὺς πολεμίους κωλύσετε [ὠφελεῖσθαι ] Th. 6.91, cf. 2.37 (Pass.).
6. freq. in 3 pers., οὐδὲν κωλύει there is nothing to hinder, c. acc. et inf., ὁμόψηφον τὸν Ἀργεῖον εἶναι κ. οὐδέν Hdt. 7.149; οὐδέν σε κωλύσει σεαυτὸν ἐμβαλεῖν ἐς τὸ βάραθρον Ar. Nu. 1448, cf. Pl. Phdr. 268e; ὃν διαμάττειν οὐ κ. Ar. Av. 463; τί κ. ἡμᾶς διελθεῖν; Pl. Tht. 143a, etc.; οὐδὲν κ., abs., as a form of assent, be it so, Ar. Eq. 723, 972, Pl. Euthd. 272d, etc.; τί γὰρ κ.; Id. Euthphr. 9d, cf. Plt. 292a, al.; τό γ' ἐμὸν οὐδὲν κ. Id. Grg. 458d; μὴ τὸ σὸν κωλυέτω E. Ph. 990; οὐ τἀμὰ κωλύσει Plu. 2.151c, etc.; οὔτε ἐκεῖνο κωλύει ἐν ταῖς σπονδαῖς neither is that any hindrance, Th. 1.144 (wrongly expld. as = κωλύεται by D.H. Amm. 2.7); οὔτε μίαν δυοῖν τὴν αὐτὴν εἶναι κ. nor is there any hindrance to one of two being the same, Arist. Ph. 202b9.
κωλύω; imperfect 1 person plural ἐκωλύομεν (Mark 9:38 T Tr text WH); 1 aorist ἐκώλυσα; passive, present κωλύομαι; 1 aorist ἐκωλύθην; (from κόλος, lopped, clipped; properly, to cut off, cut short, hence) to hinder, prevent, forbid; (from Pindar down); the Sept. for כָּלָא, twice (viz. 1 Samuel 25:26; 2 Samuel 13:13) for מָנַע : τινα followed by an infinitive (Winer's Grammar, § 65, 2 β.; cf. Buttmann, § 148,13), Matthew 19:14; Luke 23:2; Acts 16:6; Acts 24:23; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; Hebrews 7:23; τί κωλύει με βαπτισθῆναι; what doth binder me from being (to be) baptized? Acts 8:36; the infinitive is omitted, as being evident from what has gone before, Mark 9:38; Mark 10:14; Luke 9:49; Luke 11:52; Luke 18:16; Acts 11:17; Romans 1:13; 3 John 1:10; αὐτόν is lacking, because it has preceded, Luke 9:50; the accusative is lacking, because easily supplied from the context, 1 Timothy 4:3; as often in Greek writings, construction with τινα τίνος, to keep one from a thing, Acts 27:43; with the accusative of the thing, τήν παραφρονίαν, to restrain, check, 2 Peter 2:16; τό λαλεῖν γλωσαις, 1 Corinthians 14:39; τί, followed by τοῦ μή, can anyone hinder the water (which offers itself), that these should not be baptized? Acts 10:47; in imitation of the Hebrew כָּלָא followed by מִן of the person and the § of the thing, to withhold a thing from anyone, i. e. to deny or refuse one a thing: Luke 6:29 (Buttmann, § 132, 5) (τό μνημεῖον ἀπό σου, Genesis 23:6). (Compare: διακωλύω.)
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κωλύω
(< κόλος ),
[in LXX for H3607, H4513, etc.;]
to hinder, restrain, forbid, withhold: c. acc et inf., Matthew 19:14, Luke 23:2, Acts 8:36; Acts 16:6; Acts 24:23, 1 Thessalonians 2:16, Hebrews 7:23; inf. om., Mark 9:38-39; Mark 10:14, Luke 9:49-50; Luke 11:52; Luke 18:16, Acts 11:17, Romans 1:13, 3 John 1:10; acc om., 1 Timothy 4:3; c. acc pers. et gen. rei, Acts 27:43; c. acc rei, 1 Corinthians 14:39, 2 Peter 2:16; id. seq. τοῦ μή , Acts 10:47; id. seq. ἀπό (like Heb. H4480 H3607, Genesis 23:6, al.), Luke 6:29 (cf. δια -κωλύω ).†
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P Eleph 10.6 (B.C. 223–2) ἀπόστειλ [ο ]ν. ., ὅπως μὴ διὰ ταῦτα κωλυώμεθα. . . τοὺς [λ ]όγ ̣ους εἰς τὴν πόλιν [κα ]ταπέμψαι, P Magd 2.5 (B.C. 221) ἐμοῦ δὲ βουλομένης ἐπισυντελέσαι τὸν τοῖχον, . . . Πόωρις κεκώλυκεν οἰκοδομεῖν, P Petr II. 11(1).3 (iii/B.C.) (= Selections, p. 7) μηθέν σε τῶν ἔργων κωλύει, P Oxy III. 471.94 (ii/A.D.) τί οὖν ὁ κατηφὴς σὺ καὶ ὑπεραύ [σ ]τηρος οὐκ ἐκώλυες; ";why then did not you with your modesty and extreme austerity stop him?"; (Edd.), ib. VIII. 1101.12 (A.D. 367–70) ὅτι δὲ κεκώλυται παρὰ τοῖς νόμοις τοῦτο, δῆλον, ";that this is forbidden by the law is clear"; (Ed.). A good ex. of the conative participle is afforded by Preisigke 4284.9 (A.D. 207) Ὀρσεύς τις ἀνὴρ βίαιος καὶ αὐθάδης τυ [γχάν ]ων ἐπῆλθεν ἡμῖν. . . κ [ω ]λύων τὴν κατεργασίαν : cf. Chrest. I. 354.23. For κώλυμα see P Hib I. 90.20 (B.C. 222) ἐὰμ μή [τι βα ]σιλικὸν κώλυμα γ [ένηται, ";if there be no hindrance on the part of the State"; (Edd.) : for κώλυσις see P Tebt II. 393.22 (A.D. 150) ἢ καὶ κώλυσιν ἢ κακοτεχ [νίαν, ";or hindrance or fraud"; (Edd.), and for κωλυτής see OGIS 5.7 (B.C. 311) εἰ μὴ κωλυταί τι [νες ἐγέ ]νοντο, τότε ἂν συνετελέσθη ταῦτα.
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