κώλυμα
τὸ γὰρ μυστήριον ἤδη ἐνεργεῖται τῆς ἀνομίας· μόνον ὁ κατέχων ἄρτι ἕως ἐκ μέσου γένηται. (2Thess 2:7) → For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work — just at work until the one who is now constraining it is taken out.
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A hindrance, τί γὰρ ἐμπόδιον κ. ἔτι μοι; E.Ion862 (anap.); κ. θεῶν ἢ ἡρώων Th.5.30; βασιλικὸν κ. PFrankf.1.100 (iii B.C.): pl., κωλύματα καὶ βλάβαι D.H.9.9: c.inf., hindrance against, ἅμαξα κ. οὖσα προσθεῖναι [τὰς πύλας] Th.4.67; κωλύματα μὴ αὐξηθῆναι [τὸ Ἑλληνικόν] Id.1.16: c. gen., κ. φορᾶς impediment to motion, Pl. Cra.418e; ἐνεργείας Ocell.4.12: c. dat., [τῷ αἵματι] Hp.Flat.8: κ. καὶ σίνος πρὸς εὐκαρπίαν Thphr.CP2.7.5. II defence against a thing, σβεστήρια κ. Th.7.53: c. gen., κ. δηλητηρίων Hdn.1.17.10.
