Gloss
(act.) to draw back, withdraw; (mid.) to hesitate, shrink back
Forms of the word
Dictionary
ὑποστέλλω
Greek transliteration
hypostellō
Simplified transliteration
hypostello
Principal Parts
(ὑπέστελλον), -, ὑπέστειλα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number
5288
GK Number
5713
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
cv-2d(1)
Definition
pr. to let down, to stow away; to draw back, withdraw, Gal. 2:12; mid. to shrink back, recoil, Heb. 10:38; to keep back, suppress, conceal, Acts 20:20, 27*
Greek-English Concordance for ὑποστέλλω
| Acts 20:20 | how I did not hold (hypesteilamēn | ὑπεστειλάμην | aor mid ind 1 sg) back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly from house to house, |
| Acts 20:27 | for I (hypesteilamēn | ὑπεστειλάμην | aor mid ind 1 sg) did (hypesteilamēn | ὑπεστειλάμην | aor mid ind 1 sg) not shrink (hypesteilamēn | ὑπεστειλάμην | aor mid ind 1 sg) from announcing to you the whole purpose of God. |
| Galatians 2:12 | For until certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they arrived, he began to draw back (hypestellen | ὑπέστελλεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) and separate himself because he feared those of the circumcision party. |
| Hebrews 10:38 | But my righteous one will live by faithfulness. But should he shrink back (hyposteilētai | ὑποστείληται | aor mid subj 3 sg), my soul will take no pleasure in him.” |
