- Original: κωλύω - Transliteration: Koluo - Phonetic: ko-loo'-o - Definition: 1. to hinder, prevent forbid 2. to withhold a thing from anyone 3. to deny or refuse one a thing - Origin: from the base of G2849 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From the base of G2849 ; to estop that is prevent (by word or act): - forbid hinder keep from let not suffer withstand. Total KJV Occurrences: 15 • forbade, 3 Mar 9:38; Luke 9:49; 2 Peter 2:16 • forbid, 2 Act 24:23; 1 Corinthians 14:39 • forbidden, 1 Act 16:6 • forbiddeth, 1 3 John 1:10 • forbidding, 3 Luke 23:2; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 1 Timothy 4:3 • hinder, 1 Act 8:36 • kept, 1 Act 27:43 • let, 1 Romans 1:13 • suffered, 1 Hebrews 7:23 • withstand, 1 Act 11:17