Lexicon :: Strong's G5288 - hypostellō

ὑποστέλλω
Transliteration
hypostellō (Key)
Pronunciation
hoop-os-tel'-lo
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:597,1074

Strong’s Definitions

ὑποστέλλω hupŏstĕllō, hoop-os-tel'-lo; from G5259 and G4724; to withhold under (out of sight), i.e. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve):— draw (keep) back, shun, withdraw.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G5288 in the following manner: keep back (1x), shun (1x), withdraw (1x), draw back (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G5288 in the following manner: keep back (1x), shun (1x), withdraw (1x), draw back (1x).

  1. to draw back, let down, lower

    1. to withdraw: of a timid person

  2. to withdraw one's self, i.e. to be timid, to cover, shrink

    1. of those who from timidity hesitate to avow what they believe

    2. to be unwilling to utter from fear

    3. to shrink from declaring, to conceal, dissemble

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὑποστέλλω hupŏstĕllō, hoop-os-tel'-lo; from G5259 and G4724; to withhold under (out of sight), i.e. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve):— draw (keep) back, shun, withdraw.
STRONGS G5288:
ὑποστέλλω: imperfect ὑπεστελλον; 1 aorist middle ὑπεστειλάμην;
1. Active, to draw down, let down, lower: ἱστίον, Pindar Isthm. 2, 59; to withdraw (draw back): ἐμαυτόν, of a timid person, Galatians 2:12 ((cf. Lightfoot at the passage); often so in Polybius).
2. Middle, to withdraw oneself, i. e. to be timid, to cower, shrink: of those who from timidity hesitate to avow what they believe, Hebrews 10:38 (from Habakkuk 2:4 (cf. Winers Grammar, 523 (487))); to be unwilling to utter from fear, to shrink from declaring, to conceal, dissemble: followed by τοῦ with the infinitive (Winers Grammar, 325 (305); Buttmann, 270 (232)), Acts 20:27; οὐδέν, ibid. 20 (often so in Demosthenes; cf. Reiske, Index graecit. Demosthenes, p. 774f; Josephus, Vita §54; b. j. 1, 20, 1).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Habakkuk
2:4
Acts
20:27
Galatians
2:12
Hebrews
10:38
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