Word Study · Strong's G4958 · Greek
συστέλλω
systello
soos-tel'-lo
Strong's 1890 spelling: systéllō
“to send (draw) together, i.e. enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial), contract (an interval)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to send (draw) together, i.e. enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial), contract (an interval)
Rendered in the KJV as
short, wind up.
- 2occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- συνεσταλμένος1
- συνέστειλαν1
How it is rendered · 2
- covered1
- shortened1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- verb · aorist (simple past) active, statement · 3rd person plural1
- verb · perfect (done, and it stands) passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AAI-3P · 1
- V-RPP-NSM · 1
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Where this word lives
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