Noah Webster's 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.

Multi-Version 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. (DBY)