Strong G4958συστέλλω
to wrap up
- Transliteration
- sustellō
- Pronunciation
- soos-tel'-lo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
συν-στέλλω
(Rec. συσ-), [in LXX: Jdg.8:28 11:33 (כָּנַע ni.), Sir.4:31, al.;]
1. to draw together, contract, shorten: of time, 1Co.7:29.
2. to wrap up: of enshrouding a body for burial (Eur.), with accusative, Act.5:6.†
(AS)
(Rec. συσ-), [in LXX: Jdg.8:28 11:33 (כָּנַע ni.), Sir.4:31, al.;]
1. to draw together, contract, shorten: of time, 1Co.7:29.
2. to wrap up: of enshrouding a body for burial (Eur.), with accusative, Act.5:6.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4958 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- short1
- up1
- wound1
First verses
- Acts 5:6And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.
- 1 Corinthians 7:29But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
συστέλλω,
draw together: shorten sail, συστείλας ἄκροισι χρώμενος τοῖς ἱστίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 999 (Lyric poetry): Comedy texts _metaphorically_, συστείλας γε τοὺς ἀλλᾶντας εἶτ᾽ ἀφήσω κατὰ κῦμ᾽ ἐμαυτὸν οὔριον [prev. author] “Eq.” 432)]; draw in, contract, of the mouth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 22)]; σ. ἑαυτόν, of a snake, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 594a19; σ. καὶ προβάλλειν τὴν γλῶτταν [prev. author] “PA” 660a23)]; σ. τὸ πρόσωπον, so as to express disgust, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 13.5)]; of soldiers, σ. τινὰς εἰς τὸ τεῖχος, εἴσω τοῦ χάρακος ἑαυτούς, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 9, “Cam.” 34)]:— passive, contract oneself, draw in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Motu Animalium” 701b15, “Pr.” 949a17, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.7; τὸν ἀέρα.. τυποῦσθαι συστελλόμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ ὁρωμένου καὶ τοῦ ὁρῶντος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 50; συνέσταλται.. τὸ θερμόν [prev. author] “Ign.” 13; σ. εἰς ὀλίγον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aristides” 14; εἰς μεῖόν τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.3)]; εἰς τρίβωνα ῥᾳδίως συστέλλομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ((compare below 11) 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 16; ἐς βραχύ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 12; τοῖς ὄγκοις συνεσταλμένοι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.20)]; βραχίονας καὶ καρποὺς.. ἐν τοῖς συνεσταλμένοις ἀποδεσμεύειν at the narrow parts, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.693)]; -όμεναι ὥσπερ ὄρνιθες gathering together, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.565e)]; compare συνεσταλμένως.
2 contract, reduce, τὴν τῶν βασιλέων γένεσιν εἰς τὸ μέτριον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 691e)]; ἁμαρτήματα ὡς εἰς ἐλάχιστα σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.246; σ. ἐπὶ τὸ ταπεινότερον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1423b24; τὰς φυσικὰς λύπας εἰς μικρόν 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 2; τὴν ῥύσιν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.41; τὰ συσσίτια πρὸς τὸ σωφρονέστερον 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 54.2)]:—passive, draw cowering together, συσταλέντες.. σιγῇ καθήμεθ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 295)]; τῇ διαίτῃ συνεστάλθαι to be moderate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 50, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.22 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]; ξ. ἐς εὐτέλειαν retrench expenses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.4; ἵνα συνσταλῶσιν αἱ λίαν ἄκαιροι δαπάναι “IG” 22.1329.11, compare “PAmh.” 2.70.3 (2nd c.AD).)]
2.b deprive of all food and drink, συστέλλειν, εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀντέχοι τις, ἐπ᾽ ὀλιγοσιτίας καὶ ὑδροποσίας τηρεῖν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.15, compare 86.)]
3 humble, abase, τά τοι μέγιστα πολλάκις θεὸς.. συνέστειλεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 716)]; ταπεινοῦντα καὶ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 210e; αἱ συμφοραὶ σ. τινάς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.85)]; opposed to ἐξαίρω, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.20 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]; depress (opposed to διαχέω, ἀνίημι), διάνοιαν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 2.9, 10)]:— passive, to be lowered or cast down, συνέσταλμαι κακοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1417, compare “Tr.” 108 (_anapaest meter_); [δοῦλοι] σ. τὰς φύσεις 4th c.BC: Heraclides Ponticus Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.512b.)]
4 σ. λέξιν lower it, make it mean, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.6)]; pronounce a syllable short, opposed to ἐκτείνω, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 14 (_passive_))]; δίχρονα συνεσταλμένα doubtful vowels when shortened, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 11.19.)]
5 [ὀνόματα] συστέλλεται ἐκ τῆς πολλῆς ποιότητος τῇ παραθέσει τοῦ ἄρθρου are reduced or restricted out of their generality, [Refs ([prev. author] “Synt.” 69.4.)]
II wrap closely up, shroud, οὐ δάμαρτος ἐν χεροῖν πέπλοις συνεστάλησαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 378, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Im.” 7:)] —middle, ξυστειλάμεναι θαἰμάτια wrapping our cloaks close round us, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 99)]; συστέλλου σεαυτήν gird up your loins, get ready for action, [Refs ([prev. work] 486 (Lyric poetry))]; ξυστᾰλείς tucked up, ready for action, [Refs ([prev. author] “V.” 424 (troch.), compare “Lys.” 1042 (troch.).)]
II.2 cloak, συνέστελλε καὶ συνέκρυπτεν.. τὴν δυσμένειαν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 18 (unless in signification 1.2).)]
draw together: shorten sail, συστείλας ἄκροισι χρώμενος τοῖς ἱστίοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 999 (Lyric poetry): Comedy texts _metaphorically_, συστείλας γε τοὺς ἀλλᾶντας εἶτ᾽ ἀφήσω κατὰ κῦμ᾽ ἐμαυτὸν οὔριον [prev. author] “Eq.” 432)]; draw in, contract, of the mouth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 22)]; σ. ἑαυτόν, of a snake, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 594a19; σ. καὶ προβάλλειν τὴν γλῶτταν [prev. author] “PA” 660a23)]; σ. τὸ πρόσωπον, so as to express disgust, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 13.5)]; of soldiers, σ. τινὰς εἰς τὸ τεῖχος, εἴσω τοῦ χάρακος ἑαυτούς, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 9, “Cam.” 34)]:— passive, contract oneself, draw in, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Motu Animalium” 701b15, “Pr.” 949a17, 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.7; τὸν ἀέρα.. τυποῦσθαι συστελλόμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ ὁρωμένου καὶ τοῦ ὁρῶντος 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sensu” 50; συνέσταλται.. τὸ θερμόν [prev. author] “Ign.” 13; σ. εἰς ὀλίγον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aristides” 14; εἰς μεῖόν τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.3)]; εἰς τρίβωνα ῥᾳδίως συστέλλομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ((compare below 11) 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 16; ἐς βραχύ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 12; τοῖς ὄγκοις συνεσταλμένοι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 4.20)]; βραχίονας καὶ καρποὺς.. ἐν τοῖς συνεσταλμένοις ἀποδεσμεύειν at the narrow parts, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.693)]; -όμεναι ὥσπερ ὄρνιθες gathering together, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.565e)]; compare συνεσταλμένως.
2 contract, reduce, τὴν τῶν βασιλέων γένεσιν εἰς τὸ μέτριον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 691e)]; ἁμαρτήματα ὡς εἰς ἐλάχιστα σ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.246; σ. ἐπὶ τὸ ταπεινότερον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1423b24; τὰς φυσικὰς λύπας εἰς μικρόν 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 2; τὴν ῥύσιν 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.41; τὰ συσσίτια πρὸς τὸ σωφρονέστερον 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 54.2)]:—passive, draw cowering together, συσταλέντες.. σιγῇ καθήμεθ᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 295)]; τῇ διαίτῃ συνεστάλθαι to be moderate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 50, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.22 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]; ξ. ἐς εὐτέλειαν retrench expenses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.4; ἵνα συνσταλῶσιν αἱ λίαν ἄκαιροι δαπάναι “IG” 22.1329.11, compare “PAmh.” 2.70.3 (2nd c.AD).)]
2.b deprive of all food and drink, συστέλλειν, εἰ δὲ μὴ ἀντέχοι τις, ἐπ᾽ ὀλιγοσιτίας καὶ ὑδροποσίας τηρεῖν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 2.15, compare 86.)]
3 humble, abase, τά τοι μέγιστα πολλάκις θεὸς.. συνέστειλεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 716)]; ταπεινοῦντα καὶ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 210e; αἱ συμφοραὶ σ. τινάς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.85)]; opposed to ἐξαίρω, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.20 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]; depress (opposed to διαχέω, ἀνίημι), διάνοιαν [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 2.9, 10)]:— passive, to be lowered or cast down, συνέσταλμαι κακοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1417, compare “Tr.” 108 (_anapaest meter_); [δοῦλοι] σ. τὰς φύσεις 4th c.BC: Heraclides Ponticus Historicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.512b.)]
4 σ. λέξιν lower it, make it mean, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ ἰδεῶν” 1.6)]; pronounce a syllable short, opposed to ἐκτείνω, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 14 (_passive_))]; δίχρονα συνεσταλμένα doubtful vowels when shortened, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 11.19.)]
5 [ὀνόματα] συστέλλεται ἐκ τῆς πολλῆς ποιότητος τῇ παραθέσει τοῦ ἄρθρου are reduced or restricted out of their generality, [Refs ([prev. author] “Synt.” 69.4.)]
II wrap closely up, shroud, οὐ δάμαρτος ἐν χεροῖν πέπλοις συνεστάλησαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 378, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Im.” 7:)] —middle, ξυστειλάμεναι θαἰμάτια wrapping our cloaks close round us, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 99)]; συστέλλου σεαυτήν gird up your loins, get ready for action, [Refs ([prev. work] 486 (Lyric poetry))]; ξυστᾰλείς tucked up, ready for action, [Refs ([prev. author] “V.” 424 (troch.), compare “Lys.” 1042 (troch.).)]
II.2 cloak, συνέστελλε καὶ συνέκρυπτεν.. τὴν δυσμένειαν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Galba” 18 (unless in signification 1.2).)]