Strong G2687καταστέλλω
to quiet
- Transliteration
- katastellō
- Pronunciation
- kat-as-tel'-lo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
κατα-στέλλω
[in LXX: 2Ma.4:31, 3Ma.6:1 *;]
1. to let down, lower.
2. to keep down, restrain: with accusative, Act.19:35-36 †
(AS)
[in LXX: 2Ma.4:31, 3Ma.6:1 *;]
1. to let down, lower.
2. to keep down, restrain: with accusative, Act.19:35-36 †
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2687 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- appease1
- quiet1
First verses
- Acts 19:35And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
- Acts 19:36Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
καταστέλλω,
future - [Refs 5th c.BC+ (στελῶ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 933)] (for Aeolic dialect forms see at {κασπολέω}): —put in order, arrange, [πλόκαμον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] [same place]; equip, clothe, dress, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κ. τινὰ τὰ περὶ τὼ σκέλει Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Thesmophoriazusae” 256, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.69c.)]
II let down, lower, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (τὰς ῥάβδους 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.44)]; κ. τὰ βράγχια shut them, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus)] 2.979c; press down, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (τὴν γλῶσσαν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.792)].
II.2 repress, restrain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (οἶκτον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 934; τὸν ὄχλον “Act.Ap.” 19.35, cf. Wilcken “Chr.” 10 (2nd c.BC, probably); κ. τὰς ἐπιθυμίας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.284 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epict.” 3.19.5; τοὺς νέους Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.207e)], compare 547b, etc.:—passive, [Refs (ἅπαντα λήξει καὶ κατασταλήσεται Apollod.Comedy texts 18)]; of persons, to be placed under restraint, reduced to order, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 41.21 (2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1192.5 (1st c.BC); also κατεσταλμένοι τοῖς ἤθεσι)] of calm, sedate character, opposed to τολμηρός, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.76, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epict.” 4.4.10; κατεσταλμένον ἦθος 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 10.3; κατέσταλται πρὸς τὸ κόσμιον Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Comp. Lyc.Num.” 3, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “NA” 4.29, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epict.” 3.23.16.)]
II.3 in Medicine texts, reduce, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (τὰ ὑπερσαρκοῦντα 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.1)].
future - [Refs 5th c.BC+ (στελῶ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 933)] (for Aeolic dialect forms see at {κασπολέω}): —put in order, arrange, [πλόκαμον] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] [same place]; equip, clothe, dress, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κ. τινὰ τὰ περὶ τὼ σκέλει Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Thesmophoriazusae” 256, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.69c.)]
II let down, lower, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (τὰς ῥάβδους 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.44)]; κ. τὰ βράγχια shut them, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus)] 2.979c; press down, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (τὴν γλῶσσαν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.792)].
II.2 repress, restrain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (οἶκτον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 934; τὸν ὄχλον “Act.Ap.” 19.35, cf. Wilcken “Chr.” 10 (2nd c.BC, probably); κ. τὰς ἐπιθυμίας 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.284 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epict.” 3.19.5; τοὺς νέους Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.207e)], compare 547b, etc.:—passive, [Refs (ἅπαντα λήξει καὶ κατασταλήσεται Apollod.Comedy texts 18)]; of persons, to be placed under restraint, reduced to order, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (PTeb. 41.21 (2nd c.BC), “BGU” 1192.5 (1st c.BC); also κατεσταλμένοι τοῖς ἤθεσι)] of calm, sedate character, opposed to τολμηρός, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.76, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epict.” 4.4.10; κατεσταλμένον ἦθος 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 10.3; κατέσταλται πρὸς τὸ κόσμιον Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Comp. Lyc.Num.” 3, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “NA” 4.29, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epict.” 3.23.16.)]
II.3 in Medicine texts, reduce, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (τὰ ὑπερσαρκοῦντα 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.1)].