G5289: ὑποστολή
hypostolḗ · “shrinking”
Definition
shrinkage (timidity), i.e. (by implication) apostasy
KJV translates it as: draw back
Word origin: from G5288 (ὑποστέλλω);
Extended definition
ὑπο-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ὑποστέλλω),
1. a letting down, lowering (Plut.).
2. a shrinking back (Hesych.): οὐκ ἐσμὲν ὑποστολῆς (on the genitive, see Bl., § 35, 2), Heb.10:39.†
(AS)
(ὑποστέλλω),
1. a letting down, lowering (Plut.).
2. a shrinking back (Hesych.): οὐκ ἐσμὲν ὑποστολῆς (on the genitive, see Bl., § 35, 2), Heb.10:39.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G5289 is translated
- of those drawing back ×1
Bible verses with G5289 (hypostolḗ)
Hypostolḗ appears in 1 verse.
- Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.