Strong's Lexicon
G4958 — συστέλλω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4958 |
|---|---|
| Word: | συστέλλω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4862 and G4724 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | sustello |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | soos-tel'-lo |
| Meaning: | 1. to send (draw) together, i.e. enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial), contract (an interval) |
| KJV Renderings: | short, wind up |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συστέλλω: 1 aorist συνέστειλα; perfect passive participle συνεσταλμένος; properly, to place together;
a. to draw together, contact (τά ἱστία, Aristophanes ran. 999; τήν χεῖρα, Sir 4:31; εἰς ὀλίγον συστέλλω, Theophrastus, de caus. plant. 1, 15, 1); to diminish (τήν δίαιταν, Isocrates, p. 280 d.; Dio Cassius, 39, 37); to shorten, abridge, passive, ὁ καιρός συνεσταλμένος ἐστιν, the time has been drawn together into a brief compass, is shortened, 1Co 7:29.
b. to roll together, wrap up, wrap round with bandages, etc., to enshroud (τινα πεπλοις, Euripides, Troad. 378): τινα, i. e. his corpse (for burial), Act 5:6.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
συστέλλω (short)
Acts 5:6
- KJV: And the young men arose wound him up and carried out and buried
- GK: αναστάντες δε οι νεώτεροι συνέστειλαν αυτόν και εξενέγκαντες έθαψαν
1 Corinthians 7:29
- KJV: But this I say brethren the time short it remaineth that both they that have wives be as though they had none
- GK: τούτο δε φημι αδελφοί ο καιρός συνεσταλμένος το λοιπόν εστιν ίνα και οι έχοντες γυναίκας ως μη έχοντες ώσι