G5288: ὑποστέλλω
hypostéllō · “to withdraw”
Definition
to withhold under (out of sight), i.e. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve)
KJV translates it as: draw (keep) back, shun, withdraw
Extended definition
[in LXX: Deu.1:17 (גּוּר), Job.13:8 (נָשָׂא פָּנִים), Hab.2:4 (עָפַל pu.), Hag.1:10 (כָּלָא), Exo.23:21, Wis.6:7, 3Ma.5:28 * ;]
1. to draw in, let down (ἱστίον, οὐράν, etc.).
2. to draw back, withdraw: ἑαυτόν, Gal.2:12 (Polyb., al.; see Lft., in l). Mid., to shrink or draw back: Heb.10:38 (LXX); before τοῦ, with inf., Act.20:27; οὐδέν, Act.20:20.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5288 is translated
- i did shrink back ×1
- i shrunk back ×1
- he was drawing back ×1
- he shall shrink back, ×1
Bible verses with G5288 (hypostéllō)
Hypostéllō appears in 4 verses.
- Acts 20:20
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
- Acts 20:27
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
- Galatians 2:12
For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
- Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.