ἐνκόπτω

* ἐν-κόπτω (Rec. ἐγκ-, v.s. ἐν; and in I Pe, l.c., ἐκκ-);

1. to cut into (as in breaking up a road), hence,

2. to hinder: c. acc. Ac 24:4, I Th 2:18; c. inf., Ga 5:7; seq. τοῦ, c. inf., Ro 15:22; εἰς τό, c. inf, I Pe 3:7.†