Strong's Number G5288

ὑποστέλλω

hupostello · hoop-os-tel'-lo

Transliteration:

hupostello{hoop-os-tel'-lo}

Word Origin:

from 5259 and 4724

TDNT:

7:597,1074

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

keep back 1, shun 1, withdraw 1, draw back 1

Total: 4
Occurs 4 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

to draw back, let down, lower
1. to withdraw: of a timid person
to withdraw one's self, i.e. to be timid, to cover, shrink
1. of those who from timidity hesitate to avow what they believe
2. to be unwilling to utter from fear
3. to shrink from declaring, to conceal, dissemble