G4724: στέλλω (stéllō)

G4724 στέλλω (stéllō)

Greek

Quick Definition

στέλλω v. I arrange, take care, withdraw from

Strong's Definition

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

KJV Usage: avoid, withdraw self

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

στέλλω (G4724) — στέλλομαι

verb | ἀποστέλλω · ἀποστολή · ἀπόστολος · διαστέλλομαι · διαστολή · ἐξαποστέλλω · ἐπιστέλλω · ἐπιστολή · καταστέλλω · καταστολή · στολή · συναποστέλλω · συστέλλω · ὑποστέλλω · ὑποστολή · ψευδαπόστολος

13.159 · (στέλλομαι[a]) · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Happen

to avoid doing to keep oneself away from some activity

2CO 8:20

34.41 · (στέλλομαι[b]) · Association · Limit or Avoid Association

Collocation: στέλλομαι ἀπό

to shun, to avoid, to keep away from, to have nothing to do with purposely to avoid association with someone

2TH 3:6

¹ There are probably certain differences of meaning in the terms in 34.41, but without more distinctive contexts, it is difficult to determine the precise areas of meaning.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

στέλλω : (Germ. stellen; [ οἵ. Grk. στήλη, orads, etc; Lat. stlocus (locus); Eng. stall, οἴο.; Curtius § 218; Fick Pt. i. 246; Pt. iv. 274]); fr. Hom. down; 1. to set, place, set in order, arrange; to fit out, to prepare, equip ; Mid. pres. στέλλομαι, to prepare one’s self, to fit out for one’s self; to fit out for one’s own use: στελλόμενοι τοῦτο μή τις ete. arranging, providing for, this ete. i. 6. taking _ care [A. V. avoiding], that no one ete. 2 Co. viii. 20 [ef. W. § 45, 6a.; B. 292 (252)]. 2. to bring together, τ contract, shorten: τὰ ἱστία, Hom. Od. 3,11; 16, 353; also in mid. Il. 1,433; to diminish, check, cause to cease; pass. to cease to exist: βουλομένη τὴν λύπην τοῦ ἀνδρὸς σταλῆναι, Joseph. antt.5, 8, ὃ; ὁ χειμὼν ἐστάλη, ibid. 9,10, 2; mid. to remove one’s self, withdraw one’s self, to depart, foll. by ἀπό with gen. of the pers., to abstain from familiar intercourse with one, 2 Th. iii. 6. [Comp.: ἀπο-, ἐξ-απο-γ συνaro-, δια-, émt-, κατα-, συ(ν)-, ὑπο-στέλλω.} ἢ

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

στέλλω stellō 2x

pr. to place in set order, to arrange; to equip; to despatch; to stow; mid. to contract one’s self, to shrink; to withdraw from, avoid, shun, 2 Cor. 8:20; 2 Thess. 3:6*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

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).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

στέλλω. (1) From the root meaning ‘‘set,” ‘‘place”’, this verb comes to mean ‘‘send,’’ as in P Tebt I. 2449 (B.c. 117) τῶν δὲ crahév[twv] διαφόρων, BGU III. 821° (ii/a.p.) πάντες yap ἐστάλη[σα]ν, P Oxy XVI. 1843! (vi/vii A.D.) τὴν σταλεῖσάν μοι παρ᾽ αὐτῆς μίαν ζυγὴν τῶν σαβάνων, ‘‘ one pair of linen garments sent me by you ”’ (Edd.). (2) Hence ‘bring together,’’ ‘‘make compact,” as of setting or shortening the sails of a ship (Hom. //. i. 433, Od. iii. 11), from which it is a natural transition to the more general meaning ‘‘restrain,’? ‘‘check,” and in the mid. ‘‘ draw or shrink back from” anything, whether from fear (EHesych. : στέλλεται" φοβεῖται) or any other motive, as in Malachi 2° ἀπὸ προσώπου ὀνόματός μου στέλλεσθαι αὐτόν, 3 Macc 119 αἱ δὲ καὶ προσαρτίως ἐσταλμέναι (‘die sich ganz zurtickgezogen halten,’’ Kautsch): cf. Hipp. Vee. med. 10 (ed. Foesius) οὔτ᾽ ἂν ἀπόσχοιντο ὧν ἐπιθυμεοῦσιν, οὔτε στείλαιντο, and the old gloss quoted in Steph. Thesaur. s.v. where στέλλεσθαι ἴ5 explained by ἀφίστασθαι ἀναχωρεῖν. (3) This gives the clue to the meaning ‘‘hold aloof from,” ‘‘ avoid,” in the two NT occurrences of the verb, 2 Thess 3° (Vg ut subtrahatis vos), and 2 Cor 839 (Vg devitantes). The compd. ὑποστέλλω is used in the same sense in Ac 207.27, Gal 212, Heb 1038. (4) We may add two exx. of στέλλλομαι = “set out

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

στέλλω (stellō) — to avoid. στέλλω, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future στελῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect στελέω [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἔστειλα [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect στεῖλα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἔσταλκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐστάλκει [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future στελοῦμαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἐστειλάμην, Epic dialect στειλ-, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.:—passive, future στᾰλήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist ἐστάλθην (in compound ἀποσταλθέντες) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; more frequently ἐστάλην [ᾰ], [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἔσταλμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ἐστάλμην [Refs 2nd c.AD+], 3rd.pers. plural ἐστάλατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐσταλάδατο and ἐστελάδατο uncertain linesin [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—make ready, οὓς ἑτάρους στέλλοντα καὶ ὀτρύνοντα μάχεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; νῆα σ. rig or fit her out, [Refs 8th c.BC+], fit out an armament, get it ready, [Refs 5th c.BC+] furnish with, array in, a garment, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἕλκος dress it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; bury, ἐνὶ γαίῃ σ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —middle, στεῖλαί νυν ἀμφὶ χρωτὶ.. πέπλους put on robes, [Refs 5th c.BC+] having dressed themselves in.. , [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, fit oneself out, get ready, ἄλλοι δὲ στέλλεσθε do you others prepare (to compete in the games), [Refs 8th c.BC+]: followed by a preposition, ἐσταλμένος ἐπὶ πόλεμον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς ἄγραν, ἐπ᾽ ἄγρην, [Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, ἐστέλλετο ἀπιέναι he prepared to go, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. dispatch, send, ἐς οἶκον πάλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle and passive, set out, or (especially in aorist 2 passive) journey, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative cognate, ὁδὸν στέλλεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ γῆν (variant{γῆς}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]begone! [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, to be sent, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. active intransitive in sense of the passive (in [Refs 5th c.BC+], prepare to go, start, set forth, ἔστελλε ἐς ἀποικίην [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. middle, set out upon a task, στέλλεσθαι πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ δὴ τοῦτο στελλώμεθ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. summon, fetch, bring a person to a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ἐμπορίαν] [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, σ᾽ ἂν οἴκους τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἐστειλάμην I would have sent for thee.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs]

III. b ἡ ὁδὸς εἰς Κόρινθον στέλλει leads to Corinth, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

IV. gather up, make compact, especially as a nautical term, furl, take in, ἱστία.. στεῖλαν [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—middle, ἱστία μὲν στείλαντο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ἐπιστολάδην δὲ χιτῶνας ἐστάλατο they girded up, tucked up their clothes to work, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

IV.2. check, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; repress, [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; λόγον στειλώμεθα draw in, shorten our words, i.e. not speak out the whole truth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. τὸ συμβεβηκός hush it up, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; πρόσωπον στέλλεσθαι draw up one's face, look rueful, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

IV.3. in Medicine texts, bind, make costive, τὰ στέλλοντα astringents, opposed to τὰ καθαίροντα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, φλέβες στέλλονται shrink up, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

IV.4. middle, restrict one's diet, οὔτ᾽ ἂν ἀπόσχοιντο ὧν ἐπιθυμέουσιν, οὔτε στείλαιντο (variant{ὑποστ-}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; στελλόμενοι τοῦτο avoiding this, [NT]; probably I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+] sq[uglide]el-. but not found in cognate languages; I.-[Refs 5th c.BC+] st(h)el- is probably found in OSlavonic st[icaron]lati 'spread out', Latin lātus (from *stlātus) 'broad', with which στέλλω may be cognate)