Systéllō — G4958

Definition

verb

to send (draw) together, i.e. enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial), contract (an interval)

1. to draw together, contact
2. to roll together, wrap up, wrap round with bandages, etc., to enshroud

Usually translated as

short, wind up

Origin

from G4862 and G4724

• sýn (G4862)
• stéllō (G4724)

Occurrences

Systéllō occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1), 1 Corinthians (1)

• Acts 5:6 — And the young men arose, wound him up (συνέστειλαν), and carried him out, and buried him.
• 1 Corinthians 7:29 — But this I say, brethren, the time is short (συνεσταλμένος): it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;