ἀνα-κόπτω,
I
1. drive back, push back, θυρέων δ’ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας Od. 21.47.
2. beat back an assailant, Th. 4.12, cf. Plu. Caes. 38.
3. ἀ. ναῦν check a ship’s course, v.l. in Thphr. Char. 25.2.
4. return food, διὰ ῥινῶν, εἰς τὰς ῥῖνας, Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.86, 90 and 96, cf. Aret. SA 1.6.
II
1. knock out, τὰς ὄψεις ἀνακοπείς Philostr. Her.Prooem. 2.
2. cut from below, Hld. 9.18.
3. beat up eggs, Sor. 1.222, PMag.Lond. 121.180.
III check, stop, ἦχον D.H. Comp. 22; προσδοκίαν Phld. Piet. 25; ἀοιδήν Coluth. 125: - Pass., to be stopped, restrained, τῆς ὁρμῆς Luc. Alex. 57, cf. PFlor. 36.3; stop short in a speech, Luc. Nigr. 35. Medic., take effect, ἀνακόπτει γὰρ οὕτως ἡ ὠφέλεια Herod.Med. in Rh.Mus. 58.92 (fort. διακ., cf. SIG 1170.16).
G348 — 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.