Word

ὑποστέλλω

hypostéllō · G5288 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to hold back from, to shrink from, to avoid

To hold oneself back from doing something, with the implication of some fearful concern

Examples
Acts 20:20 how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was beneficial, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,
Acts 20:27 “For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.
to cease, to stop, to give up doing

To cease doing something of presumed positive value because of adverse circumstances or fear

Examples
Acts 20:27 “For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God.
Galatians 2:12 For prior to the coming of some men from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to withdraw and separate himself, fearing those from the circumcision.
Hebrews 10:38 BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE WILL LIVE BY FAITH; AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

4 occurrences in 2 groups

Not stated: I 2
Not stated: he, she or it 2

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

συμφέρωto be profitable, to be better 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

μήnot 1
οὐnot 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

To hold back from, to shrink from, to avoid13.160: Galatians 2:12 recounts that when men came from James, Peter “began to withdraw and separate himself, fearing those from the circumcision.”
To cease, to stop, to give up doing68.53: Hebrews 10:38 warns, “IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.”

Word family 16 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

στέλλω stéllō · G4724 · to avoid doing, to shun, to avoid · 2×ἀποστέλλω apostéllō · G649 · to send, to send a message, to send word · 132×ἀπόστολος apóstolos · G652 · apostle, special messenger, messenger · 79×ἐπιστολή epistolḗ · G1992 · letter (normally written on papyrus), letter · 24×ἐξαποστέλλω exapostéllō · G1821 · to send, to send out, to send forth · 14×στολή stolḗ · G4749 · long robe · 9×διαστέλλομαι diastéllomai · G1291 · to order, to command · 7×ἀποστολή apostolḗ · G651 · apostleship, to be an apostle, to be a special messenger · 4×ὑποστέλλωhypostéllō · G5288διαστολή diastolḗ · G1293 · difference, distinction · 3×ἐπιστέλλω epistéllō · G1989 · to write a letter, to send a letter to · 2×καταστέλλω katastéllō · G2687 · to subject to, to bring under control · 2×συστέλλω systéllō · G4958 · to draw near, to draw to a close, to remove · 2×καταστολή katastolḗ · G2689 · manner of dress · 1×συναποστέλλω synapostéllō · G4882 · to send with, to send together · 1×ὑποστολή hypostolḗ · G5289 · to cease, to stop, to give up doing · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : imperfect ὑπεστελλον; 1 aorist middle ὑπεστειλάμην; 1. Active, to draw down, let down,…

: 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, Gal 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, Heb 10:38 (from Hab 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).

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Happen2 occurrences Cease, Stop3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0