Hypostéllō — G5288

Definition

verb

to withhold under (out of sight), i.e. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve)

1. Active, to draw down, let down, lower
2. Middle, to withdraw oneself, i. e. to be timid, to cower, shrink

Usually translated as

draw, back, shun, withdraw

Origin

from G5259 and G4724

• hypó (G5259)
• stéllō (G4724)

Occurrences

Hypostéllō occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (2), Galatians (1), Hebrews (1)

• Acts 20:20 — And how I kept back (ὑπεστειλάμην) 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 (ὑπεστειλάμην) 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 (ὑπέστελλεν) 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 (ὑποστείληται), my soul shall have no pleasure in him.