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Strong's #5288 - ὑποστέλλω
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- to draw back, let down, lower
- to withdraw: of a timid person
- to withdraw one's self, i.e. to be timid, to cover, shrink
- of those who from timidity hesitate to avow what they believe
- to be unwilling to utter from fear
- to shrink from declaring, to conceal, dissemble
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ὑποστέλλω,
draw in, contract, ὑπέστειλ' ἱστίον made him furl his sail, Pi. I. 2.40, cf. Arist. Mech. 851b10 (Med.); ὑ. τὴν οὐράν tuck down the tail, of dogs, Ammon. Diff. p.27 V.; τοῖς δακτύλοις ὑπεσταλμένοις with closed fingers, Aristaenet. 1.10; γαστὴρ ὑπεσταλμένη Philostr. Gym. 34.
2. reduce, in Pass., to be reduced, ὑποστέλλεται τὸ πλῆθος (sc. τῆς καθάρσεως) Sor. 1.22; to be limited, τῷ λεχθέντι ἀριθμῷ Ph. 1.29.
3. draw back for shelter, ὑπὸ βουνόν τινα τοὺς ἱππεῖς Plb. 11.21.2, cf. Plu. Crass. 23, 26; ὑ. ἑαυτόν shelter oneself behind, τινι or ὑπό τι, Id. Arat. 47, Plb. 7.17.1; with ἑαυτόν omitted, Id. 6.40.14, etc.: metaph., ἑαυτόν Galatians 2:12, cf. Hld. 7.26. cover, τᾷδ' ὑπεστάλη κόνει (in a dog's epitaph) PCair.Zen. 532.24 (iii B. C.).
4. intr., to be reduced in size, Callix. 1; to be subordinate, οὐδενὶ ἑτέρῳ S.E. M. 8.32, cf. Ph. 2.335, 357.
5. draw back, φασὶ τοὺς θορυβώδεις καὶ προυνίκους ὑποστέλλειν αὐτοῦ τῇ παρόδῳ drew back to let him pass, D.L. 4.6; of troops, ὑπεσταλκότες a little in the rear, Ael. Tact. 19.7; ἔχειν ὑπεσταλκότας ταῖς ῥαξὶν τοὺς ὄνυχας have the nails not projecting beyond the finger-tips, Sor. 1.3, cf. 18.
6. take away, remove, in Pass., A.D. Adv. 203.22; to be excepted, Id. Pron. 30.8, al.
7. belong, c. dat., POxy. 486.22 (ii A. D.), 1502v. 3 (iii A. D.), PFlor. 47.8, 29 (iii A. D.); τῇ συγγραφοδιαθήκῃ POxy. 1102.14 (ii A. D.); τῷ νυνὶ ἀμφοδογραμματεῖ, i.e. fall within his authority, ib. 2131.13 (iii A. D.); to be subjected, ποιναῖς πρός τινος Lyd. Mag. 3.70.
II in Med., place restrictions on oneself or another, reduce diet, Hp. Aph. 1.11: c. gen., abstain from, τῆς τροφῆς Arist. Pr. 864b36; ὀπώρας Aret. CA 1.1.
2. avoid, χειμῶνα Hp. Aph. 4.6; shrink from, οὐδένα.. κίνδυνον SIG 442.10 (Erythrae, iii B. C.), cf. IG 12(8).53.6 (Imbros, ii B. C.); τι τῶν ἀγαθῶν πρὸς τὸ μὴ εἶναι αὐτῷ Arist. MM 1208a1; ὁ μηδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος πρὸς ὕβριν one who has stuck at nothing, D. 21.70.
3. shrink before, hold in undue awe, τὴν Δημάδου δύναμιν Din. 1.11; οὐ γὰρ μὴ ὑποστείληταί σε LXX Exodus 23:21, cf. De. 1.17, Wi. 6.7; ὑποστείλασθαί τι δεῖ πρὸς τὸν τοιοῦτον ὑμᾶς καὶ αἰσχυνθῆναι; need you hold back.. ? Din. 3.13: abs., Ael. NA 7.19; draw back, Hebrews 10:38.
4. ὑποστέλλεσθαι λόγῳ place restrictions on oneself in speech, E. Or. 607 (only here in Trag.); without λόγῳ, refrain from saying, οὐ μὴν οἶμαι δεῖν.. ὑποστείλασθαι περὶ ὧν ὑμῖν συμφέρειν ἡγοῦμαι D. 1.16; οὐδὲν ὑπεστειλάμην τῶν συμφερόντων τοῦ μὴ ἀναγγεῖλαι ὑμῖν Acts 20:20; Acts 27:1-44; οὔτε μέγα οὔτε μικρὸν ἀποκρυψάμενος.. οὐδ' ὑποστειλάμενος Pl. Ap. 24a; οὐδὲν or μηδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος with no reserve, Isoc. 6.89, 8.41, 9.39, D. 4.51; make reservations, Phld. Rh. 1.109, 110 S.; ὀμνύω μὴ ὑπεστάλθαι POxy. 246.26 (i A. D.); περὶ τῶν μόσχων,.. οὗ ἕνεκεν ὑπεσταλμένοι εἰσίν dub. sens. in PCair.Zen. 412.24 (iii B. C.).
5. = διαλανθάνω, delitesco, Gloss.; so perh. in Gal. 7.646.
ὑποστέλλω: imperfect ὑπεστελλον; 1 aorist middle ὑπεστειλάμην;
1. Active, to draw down, let down, lower: ἱστίον, Pindar Isthm. 2, 59; to withdraw (draw back): ἐμαυτόν, of a timid person, Galatians 2:12 ((cf. Lightfoot at the passage); often so in Polybius).
2. Middle, to withdraw oneself, i. e. to be timid, to cower, shrink: of those who from timidity hesitate to avow what they believe, Hebrews 10:38 (from Habakkuk 2:4 (cf. Winers Grammar, 523 (487))); to be unwilling to utter from fear, to shrink from declaring, to conceal, dissemble: followed by τοῦ with the infinitive (Winers Grammar, 325 (305); Buttmann, 270 (232)), Acts 20:27; οὐδέν, ibid. 20 (often so in Demosthenes; cf. Reiske, Index graecit. Demosthenes, p. 774f; Josephus, Vita §54; b. j. 1, 20, 1).
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ὑπο -στέλλω ,
[in LXX: Deuteronomy 1:17 (H1481), Job 13:8 (H5375 H6440), Habakkuk 2:4 (H6075 pu.), Haggai 1:10 (H3607), Exodus 23:21, Wisdom of Solomon 6:7, 3 Maccabees 5:28 *;]
1. to draw in, let down (ἱστίον , οὐράν , etc.).
2. to draw back, withdraw: ἑαυτόν , Galatians 2:12 (Polyb., al.; v. Lft., in l). Mid., to shrink or draw back: Hebrews 10:38 (LXX); seq. τοῦ , c. inf., Acts 20:27; οὐδέν , Acts 20:20.†
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