Greek · Strong's G5288
ὑποστέλλω
hypostellohoop-os-tel'-lo
to withhold under (out of sight), i.e. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve)
1890 spelling: hypostéllō
- υ400
- π80
- ο70
- σ200
- τ300
- ε5
- λ30
- λ30
- ω800
Isopsephy 1,915
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to withhold under (out of sight), i.e. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve)
Rendered in the KJV as
draw (keep) back, shun, withdraw.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- ὑπεστειλάμην2
- ὑπέστελλεν1
- ὑποστείληται,1
How it is rendered · 4
- he shall shrink back,1
- he was drawing back1
- I did shrink back1
- I shrunk back1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle, statement · 1st person singular2
- verb · aorist (simple past) middle, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1
- verb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- V-AMI-1S · 2
- V-AMS-3S · 1
- V-IAI-3S · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 20:20ὑπεστειλάμηνhupesteilamēnverb · aorist (simple past) middle, statement · 1st person singularI did not shrink back from declaring anything that was helpful to you as I taught you publicly and from house to house,here: I did shrink back
- Acts 20:27ὑπεστειλάμηνhupesteilamēnverb · aorist (simple past) middle, statement · 1st person singularFor I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.here: I shrunk back