ΣΥΣΤΕΛΛΕΣΘΑΙ, συστελλεσθαι
SYSTELLESTHAI, systellesthai
Sounds Like: soos-TEL-les-thai
Translations: to shrink, to contract, to draw together, to shorten, to restrict, to restrain, to be straitened
From the root: ΣΥΣΤΕΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition σύν (syn, meaning 'with' or 'together') and the verb στέλλω (stellō, meaning 'to send' or 'to set in order'). It generally means to draw or pull something together, to contract, or to shrink. In a figurative sense, it can mean to be restricted, to be straitened, or to hold back. It is often used to describe a physical shrinking or a metaphorical drawing back due to fear or constraint.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G4958 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 6:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΣΤΕΛΛΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΙΣΥΣΤΩΜΕΝ — let us draw together, let us gather, let us contract, let us constrain
- ΣΙΣΘΩΣΙΝ — they may draw together, they may contract, they may shorten, they may gather up, they may furl
- ΣΥΝΝΕΣΤΑΛΜΕΝΟΣ — contracted, shortened, drawn together, wrapped up, buried, a contracted, a shortened, a drawn together, a wrapped up, a buried
- ΣΥΣΤΑΛΕΝΤΩΝ — of those having been drawn together, of those having contracted, of those having been shortened, of those having been gathered up
- ΣΥΣΤΕΛΛΕΙΝ — to contract, to draw together, to shorten, to restrict, to furl, to pack up
- ΣΥΣΤΕΛΛΟΜΕΝΟΙ — contracting, drawing together, shortening, shrinking, being restricted, being confined
- ΣΥΣΤΕΛΛΟΝ — contracting, drawing together, shortening, a contracting, a drawing together, a shortening
- ΣΥΣΤΕΛΛΩ — I contract, I shorten, I draw together, I furl, I gather up, I wrap up, I restrain, I restrict
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