G1254
διακωλύω
to hinder
δια-κωλεύω [in LXX: Jdth.4:7 12:7 * ;] to hinder, prevent: with accusative, Mat.3:14.† (AS)
The KJV translates G1254 in the following manner:
forbad (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
διακωλύω — diakōlýō
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, Mat 3:14 (on the tense cf. Winers Grammar, § 40, 3 c.; Buttmann, 205 (178)). (From Sophocles and Thucydides down.)
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