Word study · Greek
kōlýō
forbid
Say it: ko-LOO-o (approximate)
κωλύω
What it means
To hinder, to prevent, to forbid. In 2:16, Paul says some are "forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved." In Luke 18:16, Jesus says, "don't forbid" the children.
Range of meaning
- HinderBlock.
- ForbidRefuse permission.
In 1 Thessalonians
- Chapter 2
"Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles" (2:16).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G2967 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources