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Strong's Number G4958

συστέλλω
sustello · soos-tel'-lo
Transliteration:
sustello{soos-tel'-lo}
Word Origin:
from 4862 and 4724
TDNT:
7:596,1074
Part of Speech:
verb
Strong's Definition:
to send (draw) together, i.e. enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial), contract (an interval)
Usage in the KJV:
wind up 1, short 1

Total: 2
Occurs 2 times in the Greek text.
Definition:
  1. to place together
    1. to draw together, contact
      1. to diminish
      2. to shorten, abridge
      3. the time has been drawn together into a brief compass, is shortened
    2. to roll together, wrap up, wrap around with bandages, etc., to enshroud
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament