Quick Definition
to restrain
Strong's Definition
to beat back, i.e. check
Derivation: from G303 (ἀνά) and G2875 (κόπτω);
KJV Usage: hinder
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνακόπτω: 1 aorist ἀνέκοψα; to beat back, check (as the course of a ship, Theophrastus, char. 24 (25), 1 (variant)). τινα followed by an infinitive (A. V. hinder), Gal_5:7 Rec., where the preceding ἐτρέχετε shows that Paul was thinking of an obstructed road; cf. ἐγκόπτω.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
not given
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
From G303 and G2875
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνακόπτω [page 34]
P Flor I. 368 .3 (early iv/A.D.) crimes ὑφ᾽ οὐδενὸς ἄλλου ἀνακόπτεται , but by the punishment of the criminal; a similar connotation probably may be recognised in the fragmentary P Giss I. 87 .10 (ii/A.D.) . .] παραγγέλλειν ἀνακοπῆναι [. ., from what the scanty context suggests. So also in P Thιad 19 .16 (iv/A.D.) δέομαι τῆς σῆς ἀρε [τῆ ]ς κελεῦσαι . . . τὴν παιδιὰν τῆς γυναικὸς ἀνακοπῆναι δι᾽ οὖ εὐδοκιμάσῃς . The word obviously does not encourage us to approve the few cursives that show it in Gal_5:7 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀνακόπτω "to drive back", Od. "to beat back" an assailant, Thuc. "to stop:—" Pass. "to be stopped, stop short", τινός "from" a thing, Luc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
1. to drive back , (Odyssey by Homer)
2. to beat back an assailant, (Thucydides)
3. to stop:—; Pass. to be stopped, stop short , τινός from a thing, (Lucian) (ML)