Quick Definition
καταστέλλω v. I appease, restrain
Strong's Definition
from 2596 and 4724; to put down, i.e. quell
KJV Usage: appease, quiet
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταστέλλω katastellō 2x
to arrange, dispose in regular order; to appease, quiet, pacify, Acts 19:35, 36*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** κατα-στέλλω,
[in LXX: II Mac 4:31, III Mac 6:1*;]
to let down, lower.
to keep down, restrain: c. acc., Ac 19:35, 36.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταστέλλω. P Tebt I. 41™ (c. B.C. 119) ἵνα τοῦ Μαρρείους κατασταλέντος καὶ εἰσπραχθέντος τὰ σείσματα τύχηι τῆς ἁρμοζούons ἐπιπλήξεως, ‘so that Marres may be sent for and made to refund his extortions and may receive suitable punishment” (Edd.). In BGU IV. 11925 (late Ptol. or time of Aug.) τῶν ᾿Αράβων κατεσταλμένων καὶ πάντων ἐν τῆι μεγίστη[ι] εἰρήνηι γεγονότων, the verb is perhaps used, asin Ac 19%, =** quieten,” ‘restrain ’’: see also s.v. καταστολή, and cf. its medical usage as contrasted with παροξύνω in Hobart, p. 247 f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
καταστέλλω (katastellō) — to quiet. καταστέλλω, future - [Refs 5th c.BC+] (for Aeolic dialect forms see at {κασπολέω}): —put in order, arrange, [πλόκαμον] [Refs 5th c.BC+] [same place]; equip, clothe, dress, [Refs 6th c.BC+]
II. let down, lower, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; κ. τὰ βράγχια shut them, [Refs 1st c.AD+] 2.979c; press down, [Refs 2nd c.AD+].
II.2. repress, restrain, [Refs 5th c.BC+], compare 547b, etc.:—passive, [Refs]; of persons, to be placed under restraint, reduced to order, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] of calm, sedate character, opposed to τολμηρός, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.3. in Medicine texts, reduce, [Refs 1st c.AD+].