To impede
ἐγκόπτωStrong’s G1465egkoptō
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Egkoptō is the Greek word usually translated “may be a hindrance”, “was being hindered” and “impeded”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.”
Meaning
Usually translated “may be a hindrance”, “was being hindered” and “impeded”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- i may be a hindrance 1
- i was being hindered 1
- impeded 1
- hindered 1
- be impeded 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
- Galatians 1
- 1 Thessalonians 1
- 1 Peter 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 15:22For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
- Galatians 5:7Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
- 1 Thessalonians 2:18Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.
- 1 Peter 3:7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Greek dictionary
ἐγκόπτω egkoptō · to impede
ἐγκόπτω, see: ἐνκ-. ἐν-κόπτω (Rec. ἐγκ-, see: ἐν; and in I Pe, l.with, ἐκκ-); 1. to cut into (as in breaking up a road), hence, 2. to hinder: with accusative Act.24:4, 1Th.2:18, . inf., Gal.5:7; before τοῦ, with inf., Rom.15:22; εἰς τό, with inf, 1Pe.3:7.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “impede” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IMPE'DE, verb transitive
[Latin impedio; supposed to be compounded of in and pedes, feet, to catch or entangle the feet.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.