Katastéllō — G2687

Definition

verb

to put down, i.e. quell

1. properly, to send or put down, to lower
2. to put or keep down one who is roused or incensed, to repress, restrain, appease, quiet

Usually translated as

quiet, appease

Origin

from G2596 and G4724

• katá (G2596)
• stéllō (G4724)

Occurrences

Katastéllō occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (2)

• Acts 19:35 — And when the townclerk had appeased (καταστείλας) the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
• Acts 19:36 — Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet (κατεσταλμένους), and to do nothing rashly.