verb

diakōluamō

Greekδιακωλύω (diakōluō)

Strong’sG1254

I obstinately prevent, hinder

stem diakōlu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

prevent1×

What it means

** δια-κωλεύω

[in LXX: Jth 4:7 12:7 *;]

to hinder, prevent: c. acc, Mt 3:14.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1254 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-ak-o-loo'-o

to hinder altogether, i.e. utterly prohibit

Fromfrom G1223 and G2967;

King Jamesforbid.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
diakōluateδιεκώλυεν	was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular	prevent	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	diakōluamō	diakōluame	diakōluami	diakōluama	diakōluamē	diakōluamelē
you 2nd person singular	diakōluasō	diakōluase	diakōluasi	diakōluasa	diakōluasē	diakōluaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diakōluatō	diakōluate1×διεκώλυεν	diakōluati	diakōluata	diakōluatē	diakōluatelē
we 1st person plural	diakōluanō	diakōluane	diakōluani	diakōluana	diakōluanē	diakōluanelē
ye 2nd person plural	diakōluavō	diakōluave	diakōluavi	diakōluava	diakōluavē	diakōluavelē
they 3rd person plural	diakōlualō	diakōluale	diakōluali	diakōluala	diakōlualē	diakōlualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	diakōluameiō	diakōluameia	diakōluameiē
you 2nd person singular	diakōluaseiō	diakōluaseia	diakōluaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diakōluateiō	diakōluateia	diakōluateiē
we 1st person plural	diakōluaneiō	diakōluaneia	diakōluaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	diakōluaveiō	diakōluaveia	diakōluaveiē
they 3rd person plural	diakōlualeiō	diakōlualeia	diakōlualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	diakōluasōr	diakōluasar	diakōluasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diakōluatōr	diakōluatar	diakōluatēr
ye 2nd person plural	diakōluavōr	diakōluavar	diakōluavēr
they 3rd person plural	diakōlualōr	diakōlualar	diakōlualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	diakōluamoiō	diakōluamoia
you 2nd person singular	diakōluasoiō	diakōluasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diakōluatoiō	diakōluatoia
we 1st person plural	diakōluanoiō	diakōluanoia
ye 2nd person plural	diakōluavoiō	diakōluavoia
they 3rd person plural	diakōlualoiō	diakōlualoia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	diakōluarō	diakōluari	diakōluara	diakōluarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	diakōluarōtos	diakōluaritos	diakōluaratos	diakōluarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

diakōlustem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

diakōlu is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

diakōluate“prevent”was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Matthew 3:14“prevent”tos de Iōannos diakōluate auton legarōtos; Mis chreian echamō hupo su baptizira, kai sis erchesō pros min?But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?”