ΥΠΟΣΤΕΙΛΗΤΑΙ, υποστειληται
YPOSTEILĒTAI, yposteilētai
Sounds Like: hoo-pos-TAYL-ee-tai
Translations: shrink back, draw back, hold back, flinch, recoil, withdraw
From the root: ΥΠΟΣΤΕΛΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the preposition ὑπό (hypo, "under" or "from under") and the verb στέλλω (stellō, "to send, to set in order, to prepare"). It means to shrink back, draw back, or hold back, often implying a sense of hesitation, fear, or reluctance. It can be used in contexts where someone withdraws from a duty, a confrontation, or a belief.
Inflection: Aorist, Subjunctive, Middle or Passive Voice, 3rd Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G5288 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 75:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 10:38
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΟΣΤΕΛΛΩ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΣΤΑΛΚΩΣ — having drawn back, having shrunk back, having withdrawn, having held back, having concealed
- ΥΠΕΣΤΑΛΜΕΝΟΝ — drawn back, withdrawn, held back, concealed, hidden, kept back, a thing drawn back, a thing held back
- ΥΠΕΣΤΕΙΛΑΜΗΝ — I shrank back, I drew back, I held back, I kept back, I flinched, I withdrew
- ΥΠΕΣΤΕΛΛΕ — he was drawing back, he was shrinking back, he was withdrawing, he was holding back, he was concealing, he was hiding
- ΥΠΕΣΤΕΛΛΕΝ — was drawing back, was shrinking, was holding back, was withdrawing, was concealing
- ΥΠΕΣΤΕΛΛΕΤΟ — was drawing back, was shrinking back, was withdrawing, was holding back, was concealing, was being drawn back, was being held back
- ΥΠΕΣΤΙΛΑΜΗΝ — I shrank back, I drew back, I held back, I withdrew, I hesitated, I was afraid
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΙΛΑΙΜΗΝ — shrink back, draw back, hold back, withdraw, hesitate, be afraid
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΙΛΑΙΤΟ — to shrink back, to withdraw, to hold back, to conceal, to hide
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΙΛΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having shrunk back, having drawn back, having withdrawn, having held back, having kept back, having concealed
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΙΛΑΜΕΝΟΣ — drawing back, shrinking back, holding back, withdrawing, being afraid, hesitating, concealing, hiding
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΙΛΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — having drawn back, having shrunk back, having withdrawn, having concealed, those who had drawn back
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΙΛΗ — shrink back, draw back, hold back, withdraw, be afraid, be partial
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΛΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to shrink back, to draw back, to hold back, to withdraw, to be afraid, to hesitate, to flinch
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΛΕΙΣΘΕ — shrink back, draw back, hold back, withdraw, be afraid, be timid
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΛΕΙΤΑΙ — is withheld, is drawn back, is held back, shrinks back, withdraws
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΛΙΤΕ — you withdraw, you shrink back, you hold back, you keep back, withdraw!, shrink back!, hold back!, keep back!
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΛΛΕΙΝ — to draw back, to shrink back, to withdraw, to hold back, to keep back, to conceal, to hide
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΛΛΟΜΕΝΟΝ — shrinking back, drawing back, holding back, withdrawing, concealing, hiding
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΛΛΟΜΕΝΟΣ — shrinking back, drawing back, holding back, keeping back, concealing, hiding, hesitating, flinching
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΛΛΟΥΣΑΝ — drawing back, shrinking, holding back, concealing, hiding, a drawing back, a shrinking, a holding back, a concealing, a hiding
- ΥΠΟΣΤΕΛΛΩ — to shrink back, to draw back, to withdraw, to hold back, to keep back, to conceal, to hesitate, to flinch
- ΥΠΟΣΤΙΛΗΤΑΙ — he may shrink back, he may draw back, he may hold back, he may withdraw, he may flinch, he may be afraid, he may be timid
- ΩΣΥΠΕΣΤΕΙΛΑΤΟ — as he withdrew, as he shrank back, as he concealed, as he held back, as he kept back
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