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Prevent

Concise Bible Dictionary:

“To go before,” anticipate (from the Latin prævenio) “to come before” (Psa. 18:5,18⁵The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. (Psalm 18:5)
¹⁸They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. (Psalm 18:18); Psa. 21:3³For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. (Psalm 21:3); Psa. 59:10¹⁰The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. (Psalm 59:10); Matt. 17:25²⁵He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? (Matthew 17:25); 1 Thess. 4:15¹⁵For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. (1 Thessalonians 4:15)).