Lexical Summary systellō: to draw together, wrap up Original Word: συστέλλωTransliteration: systellō Phonetic Spelling: (soos-tel'-lo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to draw together, wrap up Meaning: to draw together, wrap up Strong's Concordance limit, shortenFrom sun and stello; to send (draw) together, i.e. Enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial), contract (an interval) -- short, wind up. see GREEK sun see GREEK stello Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4958: συστέλλωσυστέλλω: 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, 1 Corinthians 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), Acts 5:6. |
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