ὑποστέλλω
hypostellō · hold back, shrink back
Greek word · Strong’s number G5288 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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hypostellō (ὑποστέλλω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “hold back, shrink back”.
Draw back, shrink back; hold something back, keep silent about it out of fear.
How to say it
hy·pos·tel·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 pull away out of fear, stop going forward.
- To keep something back out of fear, not say it all.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- shrink ×2
- he began drawing back ×1
- he shrinks back ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 20:20
how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,
- Acts 20:27
for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God.
- Galatians 2:12
For before certain people came from James, he was eating with people of the nations; but when they came, he began drawing back and separating himself, fearing those of the circumcision.
- Hebrews 10:38
But my righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, my soul takes no pleasure in him.