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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κωλύω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaκωλύω
Citation formκωλύω
Part of speechverb
GlossI prevent, hinder
Strong’sG2967
Transliterationkōlýō
Definitionto estop, i.e. prevent (by word or act)
KJV glosses:--forbid, hinder, keep from, let, not suffer, withstand.
Derivationfrom the base of
SBLGNT occurrences23

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἐκωλύθην
verb, first person, aorist, passive, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1API-S--) — Romans 1:13
ἐκωλύομεν
verb, first person, imperfect, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1IAI-P--) — Mark 9:38
verb, first person, imperfect, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1IAI-P--) — Luke 9:49
ἐκωλύσατε
verb, second person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 2AAI-P--) — Luke 11:52
ἐκώλυσεν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — Acts 27:43
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3AAI-S--) — 2 Peter 2:16
κωλύει
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — Acts 8:36
verb, third person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 3PAI-S--) — 3 John 1:10
κωλύειν
verb, present, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -PAN----) — Acts 24:23
κωλύεσθαι
verb, present, passive, infinitive (MorphGNT -PPN----) — Hebrews 7:23
κωλύετε
verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--) — Matthew 19:14
verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--) — Mark 10:14
verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--) — Mark 9:39
verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--) — Luke 18:16
verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--) — Luke 9:50
verb, second person, present, active, plural (MorphGNT 2PAD-P--) — 1 Corinthians 14:39
κωλυθέντες
verb, aorist, passive, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -APPNPM-) — Acts 16:6
κωλύοντα
verb, present, active, participle, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPASM-) — Luke 23:2
κωλυόντων
verb, present, active, participle, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPGPM-) — 1 Thessalonians 2:16
verb, present, active, participle, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPGPM-) — 1 Timothy 4:3
κωλῦσαί
verb, aorist, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -AAN----) — Acts 10:47
κωλῦσαι
verb, aorist, active, infinitive (MorphGNT -AAN----) — Acts 11:17
κωλύσῃς
verb, second person, aorist, active, subjunctive, singular (MorphGNT 2AAS-S--) — Luke 6:29

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: κωλυω.