Strong G5288ὑποστέλλω
to withdraw
- Transliteration
- hupostellō
- Pronunciation
- hoop-os-tel'-lo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ὑπο-στέλλω
[in LXX: Deu.1:17 (גּוּר), Job.13:8 (נָשָׂא פָּנִים), Hab.2:4 (עָפַל pu.), Hag.1:10 (כָּלָא), Exo.23:21, Wis.6:7, 3Ma.5:28 *;]
1. to draw in, let down (ἱστίον, οὐράν, etc.).
2. to draw back, withdraw: ἑαυτόν, Gal.2:12 (Polyb., al.; see Lft., in l). Mid., to shrink or draw back: Heb.10:38 (LXX); before τοῦ, with inf., Act.20:27; οὐδέν, Act.20:20.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Deu.1:17 (גּוּר), Job.13:8 (נָשָׂא פָּנִים), Hab.2:4 (עָפַל pu.), Hag.1:10 (כָּלָא), Exo.23:21, Wis.6:7, 3Ma.5:28 *;]
1. to draw in, let down (ἱστίον, οὐράν, etc.).
2. to draw back, withdraw: ἑαυτόν, Gal.2:12 (Polyb., al.; see Lft., in l). Mid., to shrink or draw back: Heb.10:38 (LXX); before τοῦ, with inf., Act.20:27; οὐδέν, Act.20:20.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5288 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- draw1
- have1
- keep1
- shun1
- withdraw1
First verses
- Acts 20:20And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
- Acts 20:27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
- Galatians 2:12For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
- Hebrews 10:38Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὑποστέλλω,
draw in, contract, ὑπέστειλ᾽ ἱστίον made him furl his sail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.40, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 851b10 (_middle_))]; ὑ. τὴν οὐράν tuck down the tail, of dogs, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.27 V.)]; τοῖς δακτύλοις ὑπεσταλμένοις with closed fingers, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.10; γαστὴρ ὑπεσταλμένη 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 34.)]
2 reduce, in passive, to be reduced, ὑποστέλλεται τὸ πλῆθος (i.e. τῆς καθάρσεως) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.22)]; to be limited, τῷ λεχθέντι ἀριθμῷ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.29.)]
3 draw back for shelter, ὑπὸ βουνόν τινα τοὺς ἱππεῖς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.21.2, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 23, 26)]; ὑ. ἑαυτόν shelter oneself behind, τινι or ὑπό τι, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Arat.” 47, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.17.1)]; with ἑαυτόν omitted, [NT+3rd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 6.40.14, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἑαυτόν NT.Gal.2.12, compare 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.26.)]
3.b cover, τᾷδ᾽ ὑπεστάλη κόνει (in a dog's epitaph) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 532.24 (3rd c.BC).)]
4 intransitive, to be reduced in size, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 1)]; to be subordinate, οὐδενὶ ἑτέρῳ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.32, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.335, 357.)]
5 draw back, φασὶ τοὺς θορυβώδεις καὶ προυνίκους ὑποστέλλειν αὐτοῦ τῇ παρόδῳ drew back to let him pass, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.6)]; of troops, ὑπεσταλκότες a little in the rear, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 19.7)]; ἔχειν ὑπεσταλκότας ταῖς ῥαξὶν τοὺς ὄνυχας have the nails not projecting beyond the finger-tips, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.3, compare 18.)]
6 take away, remove, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 203.22)]; to be excepted, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pron.” 30.8, +others)]
7 belong, with dative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 486.22 (2nd c.AD), 1502v. 3 (3rd c.AD), “PFlor.” 47.8, 29 (3rd c.AD))]; τῇ συγγραφοδιαθήκῃ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1102.14 (2nd c.AD))]; τῷ νυνὶ ἀμφοδογραμματεῖ, i.e. fall within his authority, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 2131.13 (3rd c.AD))]; to be subjected, ποιναῖς πρός τινος [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.70.)]
II in middle, place restrictions on oneself or another, reduce diet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.11)]: with genitive, abstain from, τῆς τροφῆς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 864b36; ὀπώρας 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.1.)]
II.2 avoid, χειμῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.6)]; shrink from, οὐδένα.. κίνδυνον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 442.10 (Erythrae, 3rd c.BC),compare “IG” 12(8).53.6 (Imbros, 2nd c.BC))]; τι τῶν ἀγαθῶν πρὸς τὸ μὴ εἶναι αὐτῷ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1208a1)]; ὁ μηδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος πρὸς ὕβριν one who has stuck at nothing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.70.)]
II.3 shrink before, hold in undue awe, τὴν Δημάδου δύναμιν [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.11; οὐ γὰρ μὴ ὑποστείληταί σε LXX.Exo.23.21, cf. LXX.Deu.1.17, LXX.Wis.6.7)]; ὑποστείλασθαί τι δεῖ πρὸς τὸν τοιοῦτον ὑμᾶς καὶ αἰσχυνθῆνα; need you hold back.. ? [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.13: _absolutely_, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.19)]; draw back, [NT (NT.Heb.10.38.)]
II.4 ὑποστέλλεσθαι λόγῳ place restrictions on oneself in speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 607 (only here in Trag.))]; without λόγῳ, refrain from saying, οὐ μὴν οἶμαι δεῖν.. ὑποστείλασθαι περὶ ὧν ὑμῖν συμφέρειν ἡγοῦμαι [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.16; οὐδὲν ὑπεστειλάμην τῶν συμφερόντων τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι ὑμῖν NT.Act.20.20, compare 27; οὔτε μέγα οὔτε μικρὸν ἀποκρυψάμενος.. οὐδ᾽ ὑποστειλάμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 24a)]; οὐδὲν or μηδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος with no reserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.89, 8.41, 9.39, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.51)]; make reservations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.109, 110 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; ὀμνύω μὴ ὑπεστάλθαι “POxy.” 246.26 (1st c.AD))]; περὶ τῶν μόσχων,.. οὗ ἕνεκεν ὑπεσταλμένοι εἰσίν uncertain meaning in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 412.24 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.5 ={διαλανθάνω}, delitesco, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”; so perhaps in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.646.)]
draw in, contract, ὑπέστειλ᾽ ἱστίον made him furl his sail, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 2.40, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 851b10 (_middle_))]; ὑ. τὴν οὐράν tuck down the tail, of dogs, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.27 V.)]; τοῖς δακτύλοις ὑπεσταλμένοις with closed fingers, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Aristaenetus Rhetor 1.10; γαστὴρ ὑπεσταλμένη 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “de gymnastica” 34.)]
2 reduce, in passive, to be reduced, ὑποστέλλεται τὸ πλῆθος (i.e. τῆς καθάρσεως) [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.22)]; to be limited, τῷ λεχθέντι ἀριθμῷ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.29.)]
3 draw back for shelter, ὑπὸ βουνόν τινα τοὺς ἱππεῖς [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.21.2, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Crassus” 23, 26)]; ὑ. ἑαυτόν shelter oneself behind, τινι or ὑπό τι, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Arat.” 47, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.17.1)]; with ἑαυτόν omitted, [NT+3rd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 6.40.14, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἑαυτόν NT.Gal.2.12, compare 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.26.)]
3.b cover, τᾷδ᾽ ὑπεστάλη κόνει (in a dog's epitaph) [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 532.24 (3rd c.BC).)]
4 intransitive, to be reduced in size, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC(?): Callixinus Historicus 1)]; to be subordinate, οὐδενὶ ἑτέρῳ [Refs 1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 8.32, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.335, 357.)]
5 draw back, φασὶ τοὺς θορυβώδεις καὶ προυνίκους ὑποστέλλειν αὐτοῦ τῇ παρόδῳ drew back to let him pass, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.6)]; of troops, ὑπεσταλκότες a little in the rear, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 19.7)]; ἔχειν ὑπεσταλκότας ταῖς ῥαξὶν τοὺς ὄνυχας have the nails not projecting beyond the finger-tips, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.3, compare 18.)]
6 take away, remove, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 203.22)]; to be excepted, [Refs ([prev. author] “Pron.” 30.8, +others)]
7 belong, with dative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 486.22 (2nd c.AD), 1502v. 3 (3rd c.AD), “PFlor.” 47.8, 29 (3rd c.AD))]; τῇ συγγραφοδιαθήκῃ [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1102.14 (2nd c.AD))]; τῷ νυνὶ ἀμφοδογραμματεῖ, i.e. fall within his authority, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ ([prev. work] 2131.13 (3rd c.AD))]; to be subjected, ποιναῖς πρός τινος [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 3.70.)]
II in middle, place restrictions on oneself or another, reduce diet, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.11)]: with genitive, abstain from, τῆς τροφῆς [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 864b36; ὀπώρας 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.1.)]
II.2 avoid, χειμῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 4.6)]; shrink from, οὐδένα.. κίνδυνον [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 442.10 (Erythrae, 3rd c.BC),compare “IG” 12(8).53.6 (Imbros, 2nd c.BC))]; τι τῶν ἀγαθῶν πρὸς τὸ μὴ εἶναι αὐτῷ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1208a1)]; ὁ μηδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος πρὸς ὕβριν one who has stuck at nothing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.70.)]
II.3 shrink before, hold in undue awe, τὴν Δημάδου δύναμιν [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.11; οὐ γὰρ μὴ ὑποστείληταί σε LXX.Exo.23.21, cf. LXX.Deu.1.17, LXX.Wis.6.7)]; ὑποστείλασθαί τι δεῖ πρὸς τὸν τοιοῦτον ὑμᾶς καὶ αἰσχυνθῆνα; need you hold back.. ? [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.13: _absolutely_, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.19)]; draw back, [NT (NT.Heb.10.38.)]
II.4 ὑποστέλλεσθαι λόγῳ place restrictions on oneself in speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 607 (only here in Trag.))]; without λόγῳ, refrain from saying, οὐ μὴν οἶμαι δεῖν.. ὑποστείλασθαι περὶ ὧν ὑμῖν συμφέρειν ἡγοῦμαι [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.16; οὐδὲν ὑπεστειλάμην τῶν συμφερόντων τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι ὑμῖν NT.Act.20.20, compare 27; οὔτε μέγα οὔτε μικρὸν ἀποκρυψάμενος.. οὐδ᾽ ὑποστειλάμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 24a)]; οὐδὲν or μηδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος with no reserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.89, 8.41, 9.39, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.51)]; make reservations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.109, 110 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; ὀμνύω μὴ ὑπεστάλθαι “POxy.” 246.26 (1st c.AD))]; περὶ τῶν μόσχων,.. οὗ ἕνεκεν ὑπεσταλμένοι εἰσίν uncertain meaning in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 412.24 (3rd c.BC).)]
II.5 ={διαλανθάνω}, delitesco, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”; so perhaps in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.646.)]