kōlyō · hinder

What it means

kōlyō (κωλύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “hinder”.

To hinder, to prevent.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To keep someone from doing something.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• hinder ×4
• forbid ×2
• stop ×2
• we tried to stop ×2
• withhold ×2
• I have been prevented ×1
• forbidding ×1
• having been prevented ×1
• he hinders ×1
• hindering ×1
• others ×6

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×3
• Luke×6
• Acts×6
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×1
• 2 Peter×1
• 3 John×1

• Matthew 19:14

  But Jesus said, “Let the children be, and do not hinder them from coming to me, for to such as these belongs the kingdom of heaven.”

• Mark 9:38

  John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.”

• Mark 9:39

  But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for there is no one who will do a miracle in my name and be able soon after to speak evil of me.

• Mark 10:14

  But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such as these belongs the kingdom of God.

• Luke 6:29

  To the one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also; and from the one who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either.

• Luke 9:49

  And John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not follow with us.”

• Luke 9:50

  But Jesus said to him, “Do not stop him; for whoever is not against you is for you.”

• Luke 11:52

  Woe to you experts in the law, because you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and those who were entering you hindered.”

• Luke 18:16

  But Jesus called them to himself, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

• Luke 23:2

  And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting our nation and forbidding people to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Messiah, a king.”

• Acts 8:36

  And as they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch says, “Look, water! What prevents me from being immersed?”

• Acts 10:47

  “Can anyone really withhold the water so that these are not immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we also did?”

• Acts 11:17

  So if God gave them the same gift as also to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus the Messiah, who was I to be able to hinder God?”

• Acts 16:6

  And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the word in Asia.

• Acts 24:23

  And he ordered the centurion that he be kept in custody and have some freedom, and not to prevent anyone of his own people from serving him.

• Acts 27:43

  But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, kept them from their plan, and ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land,

• Romans 1:13

  Now I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that often I intended to come to you (and I have been prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the rest of the nations.

• 1 Corinthians 14:39

  So then, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

• 1 Thessalonians 2:16

  hindering us from speaking to the nations so that they may be saved, so as always to fill up the measure of their sins. But the wrath has come upon them to the end.

• 1 Timothy 4:3

  who forbid marriage and require abstaining from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

• Hebrews 7:23

  And they have become priests in great numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing;

• 2 Peter 2:16

  but he received a rebuke for his own transgression: a mute beast of burden speaking with a human voice restrained the madness of the prophet.

• 3 John 1:10

  For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to the works that he is doing, talking nonsense about us with evil words; and not content with that, he himself does not receive the brothers, and he hinders those who want to, and puts them out of the assembly.