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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing.

2. (v. t.) To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.

Greek

1254. diakoluo -- to hinder
... forbid. From dia and koluo; to hinder altogether, ie Utterly prohibit -- forbid.
see GREEK dia. see GREEK koluo. (diekoluen) -- 1 Occurrence. 1253, 1254. ...
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1291. diastello -- to set apart, fig. to distinguish, to charge ...
... Spelling: (dee-as-tel'-lom-ahee) Short Definition: I give a commission, order
Definition: I give a commission (instructions), order; I admonish, prohibit. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5077. nadah -- to put away, exclude
... Or nada (2 Kings 17:21) {naw-daw'}; a primitive root; properly, to toss; figuratively,
to exclude, ie Banish, postpone, prohibit -- cast out, drive, put far ...
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3607. kala -- to shut up, restrain, withhold
... A primitive root; to restrict, by act (hold back or in) or word (prohibit) -- finish,
forbid, keep (back), refrain, restrain, retain, shut up, be stayed ...
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Library

Why the Manichæans Prohibit the Use of Flesh.
... On the Morals of the Manichæans. Chapter 15. "Why the Manichæans Prohibit
the Use of Flesh. 36. It is worth while to take note ...
/.../chapter 15 name the manichaeans.htm

Whether the New Law Ought to Prescribe or Prohibit any External ...
... OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE NEW LAW (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether the
New Law ought to prescribe or prohibit any external acts? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the new law ought.htm

Article xxii (X): of Both Kinds in the Lord's Supper.
... nothing; we but leave the prudent reader to determine what should be held concerning
the divine ordinance [whether it is proper to prohibit and change an ...
/.../melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 27 article xxii x .htm

Miscellaneous Subjects.
... To explain some texts that seem to prohibit women from laboring in the gospel and
to prove positively to you that women did so labor in the morning light of ...
/.../orr/the gospel day /chapter xvi miscellaneous subjects.htm

Human Government.
... vegetables as it does of men. The question is, what kind of killing does
this commandment prohibit? Certainly not all killing of ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xxi human government.htm

Of the Anger of God and Man.
... But, however, the matter is not so; for if He should altogether prohibit anger,
He Himself would have been in some measure the censurer of His own workmanship ...
/.../chap xxi of the anger of.htm

In the Attribute of Justice, Marcion's God is Hopelessly Weak and ...
... Nay, it was his duty even to have permitted what he was about to prohibit in
so unreasonable a way, as to annex no penalty to the offence. ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter xxvi in the attribute of.htm

I Would Add, Moreover, that they Themselves...
... For in the times, too, of the prophets, the kings who, in dealing with the people
of God, did not prohibit nor annul the ordinances which were issued contrary ...
/.../writings in connection with the donatist controversy /chapter 2 6 i.htm

Epistle Lvi. To John, Bishop.
... faults, which are denied. Yet we know this to have been done once and again,
and we prohibit its being done any more. But let thy ...
/.../gregory/the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle lvi to john bishop.htm

Article xxviii: of Ecclesiastical Power.
... But there are clear testimonies which prohibit the making of such traditions,
as though they merited grace or were necessary to salvation. ...
/.../the augsburg confession of faith/article xxviii of ecclesiastical power.htm

Thesaurus

Prohibit (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (vt) To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating
of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and ...
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Wife (437 Occurrences)
... The law of Moses regulated but did not prohibit polygamy. A man might have
a plurality of wives, but a wife could have only one husband. ...
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Interdict (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To forbid; to prohibit; as, to interdict
contact with foreign nations. 2. (n.) To lay under an ...
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Forbid (46 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (pp) of Forbid. 2. (vt) To command against,
or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. 3. (vt) To deny ...
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Enjoin (15 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To urge; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. 2. (vt) To prohibit
or restrain by a judicial order or decree; to put an injunction on. ...
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Discharge (30 Occurrences)
... to; to utter; as, to discharge a horrible oath. 12. (vt) To prohibit; to
forbid. 13. (vi) To throw off or deliver a load, charge ...
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Defend (38 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To ward or fend off; to drive back or
away; to repel. 2. (vt) To prohibit; to forbid. 3. (vt) To ...
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Progressed (1 Occurrence)

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Prohibited (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Prohibit. Multi-Version Concordance
Prohibited (2 Occurrences). Numbers 30:5 But if her ...
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Pardon (31 Occurrences)
... Numbers 30:8 But if her husband prohibit her on the day that he heareth it, and
annul her vow which is upon her, and what hath passed her lips, wherewith she ...
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Bible Concordance

Prohibit (1 Occurrence)

Numbers 30:8 But if her husband prohibit her on the day that he heareth it, and annul her vow which is upon her, and what hath passed her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul, then Jehovah shall pardon her.
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Subtopics

Prohibit

Related Terms

Wife (437 Occurrences)

Interdict (6 Occurrences)

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Discharge (30 Occurrences)

Defend (38 Occurrences)

Progressed (1 Occurrence)

Prohibited (2 Occurrences)

Pardon (31 Occurrences)