PREVENT

In the Bible means, not to hinder, but to proceed, Ps 59:10 1Th 4:15; to anticipate, Ps 119:147,148 Mt 17:25; or to seize, 2Sa 22:6 Job 30:27.

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prevent. Prevent, v.t. to hinder, stop, anticipate

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Pre‐vent″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prevented; p. pr. & vb. n. Preventing.] [[L. praevenire, praeventum; prae before + venire to come. See Come.]] 1. 1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.
We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. 1 Thess. iv. 15. We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us. Bk. of Common Prayer. Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen. Prior. 2. 2. To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
Their ready guilt preventing thy commands. Pope. 3. 3. To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart. “This vile purpose to prevent.” Shak.
Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. Milton.