To prevent

Usually translated “is cut down”, “do cut off” and “do cut down”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• is cut down 3
• do cut off 2
• do cut down 1
• you will cut down 1
• will be cut off 1
• were cut off 1
• i may cut off 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Matthew 4
• Luke 3
• Romans 2
• 2 Corinthians 1

4 books in all.

• To prevent (kōluō)

• Matthew 5:30And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
• Matthew 7:19Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
• Matthew 18:8Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
• Luke 3:9And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
• Luke 13:7Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
• Luke 13:9And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “prevent” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.