Quick Definition
διακωλύω v. I obstinately prevent, hinder
Strong's Definition
from 1223 and 2967; to hinder altogether, i.e. utterly prohibit
KJV Usage: forbid
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κωλύω
13.146 · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen
to prevent, to hinder to cause something not to happen
1 διακωλύω may be somewhat stronger in meaning than κωλύω, but this cannot be determined on the basis of existing contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δια-κωλύω : impf. διεκώλυον ; (διά in this compound does not denote effort as is com. said, but separation, Lat. dis, cf. Germ. verhindern, Lat. prohibere; cf. διακλείω, to separate by shutting, shut out; cf. Win. De verb. comp. ete. Pt. v. p. 17 sq.); to hinder, prevent: twa, Mt. iii. 14 [on the tense cf. W. § 40,3 ο.; B. 205 (178)]. (From Soph. and Thue. down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διακωλύω diakōlyō 1x
to hinder, restrain, prohibit, Mt. 3:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** δια-κωλεύω
[in LXX: Jth 4:7 12:7 * ;]
to hinder, prevent: c. acc, Mt 3:14.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διακωλύω. For this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Mt 312) cf. the long land-survey P Tebt I. 7258 (p.c. 114-3) β[ο]υλομένων ποτίσαι εἰς φύλλον διακωλυθῆναι ὑπὸ τῶν ἐγ Βερενικίδος [Θε]σμοφ[όpov γ]εωργῶν, and the editors’ restoratioa in 20. 61 (ῤ)355 (B.C. 118-7). See also Sy/Z 92981 (ii/B.c.) νόμοις γὰρ ἱεροῖς καὶ ἀραῖς καὶ ἐπιτίμοις ἄνωθεν διεκεκώλυτο ἵνα μηθεὶς ἐν τῷ ἱερῶι τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ Δικταίου μήτε ἐννέμηι κτλ.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διακωλύω (diakōluō) — to hinder. διακωλ-ύω [ῡ], hinder, prevent, τινὰ μὴ ποιεῖν [NT+5th c.BC+]; δ. τινά τι (i.e. ποιεῖν) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]