στέλλω: (German
stellen; (cf. Greek
στήλη,
στολή, etc.; Latin
stlocus (locus); English
stall, etc.;
Curtius, § 218;
Fick Part 1:246; Part 4:274)); from
Homer down;
1. to set, place, set in order, arrange; to fit out, to prepare, equip; middle present
στέλλομαι,
to prepare oneself, to fit out for oneself; to fit out for one's own use:
στελλόμενοι τοῦτο μή τίς etc.
arranging, providing for, this etc. i. e.
taking care (
A. V. avoiding),
that no one etc.
2 Corinthians 8:20 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 45, 6 a.; Buttmann, 292 (252)).
2. to bring together, contract, shorten: τά ἱστία, Homer, Odyssey 3, 11; 16, 353; also in middle Iliad 1, 433; to diminish, check, cause to cease; passive, to cease to exist: βουλομένῃ τήν λύπην τοῦ ἀνδρός σταλῆναι, Josephus, Antiquities 5, 8, 3; ὁ χειμών ἐσταλη, ibid. 9, 10, 2; middle to remove oneself withdraw oneself to depart, followed by ἀπό with the genitive of the person, to abstain from familiar contact with one, 2 Thessalonians 3:6. (Compare: ἀποστέλλω, ἐξαποστέλλω, συναποστέλλω, διαστέλλω, ἐπιστέλλω, καταστέλλω, σὑν᾿στέλλω, ὑποστέλλω.)
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- 2 Corinthians
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8:20
- 2 Thessalonians
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3:6
