στέλλω
stellō · avoid, keep away
Greek word · Strong’s number G4724 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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stellō (στέλλω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “avoid, keep away”.
Avoid, take care to keep away from something.
How to say it
stel·lō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To guard against something and stay clear of it.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- taking care ×1
- you keep away ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Corinthians 8:20
taking care about this, that no one should blame us in this generous gift that is being administered by us;
- 2 Thessalonians 3:6
Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, that you keep away from every brother who walks in a disorderly way and not according to the tradition that they received from us.