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Strong's G4724 · Greek

στέλλομαι

stello · stel'-lo

probably strengthened from the base of 2476; properly, to set fast ("stall"), i.e. (figuratively) to repress (reflexively, abstain from associating with)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

στέλλω (G4724)

2 στέλλω [in LXX (mid.): Ma 2:5 ( חתת ni.), Pr 31:24 (26) , Wi 7:14 14:1 , II Mac 5:1 , III Mac 1:19 4:11 * ;] prop., to set, place, arrange, fit out ; hence , mid., to set oneself for, prepare ( Wi , II Mac, ll. c. ). to bring together, gather up (in Hom. of furling sails), hence to restrain, check ; mid., to restrain or withdraw oneself, hold aloof, avoid : II Co 8:20 ; seq. ἀπό , II Th 3:6 (cf. ἀπο- , ἐξ-απο- , συν-απο- , δια- , ἐπι- , κατα- , συ(ν)- , ὑπο-στέλλω ).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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