ὑπο-στέλλω : impf. ὑπέστελλον ; 1 aor. mid. ὑπεστειλάμην; 1. Act. to draw down, let down, lower : ἱστίον, Pind. Isthm. 2, 59; to withdraw, [draw back]: ἐμαυτόν, of a timid person, Gal. ii. 12 ([cf. Bp. Lghtft. ad loc.]; often so in Polyb.). 2. Mid. to withdraw one’s self, i. 6. to be timid, to cower, shrink : of those who from timidity hesitate to avow what they believe, Heb. x. 38 (fr. Habak. ii. 4 [ef. W. 523 (487)]); to be unwilling to utter from fear, to shrink from declaring, to conceal, dissemble : foll. by rod with the inf. [W. 325 (305); B. 270 (232)], Acts xx. 27; οὐδέν, ibid. 20, (often so in Dem.; ef. Reiske, Index graecit. Dem. p. 774 sq. ; Joseph. vit. § 54; δ 1 0; ΠΣ

ὑποστέλλω hypostellō 4x

pr. to let down, to stow away; to draw back, withdraw, Gal. 2:12; mid. to shrink back, recoil, Heb. 10:38; to keep back, suppress, conceal, Acts 20:20, 27*

ὑπο-στέλλω

[in LXX: De 1:17 (גּוּר), Jb 13:8 (נָשָׂא פָּנִים), Hb 2:4 (עָפַל pu.), Hg 1:10 (כָּלָא), Ex 23:21, Wi 6:7, III Mac 5:20 * ;]

to draw in, let down (ἱστίον, οὐράν, etc.).

to draw back, withdraw: ἑαυτόν, Ga 2:12 (Polyb., al.; v. Lft., in l.). Mid., to shrink or draw back: He 10:38 (LXX); seq. τοῦ, c. inf., Ac 20:27; οὐδέν, ib. 20.†

ὑποστέλλω. In his farewell address to the elders of the Church in Ephesus, Paul lays stress on the fact that he had ‘‘ kept back” nothing of the whole counsel of God, using this verb (οὐδὲν ὑπεστειλάμην, Ac 207°: cf. Field Moles, p. 132): cf. P Oxy II. 2467° (a.p. 66), where a sender of a propertyreturn swears by the Emperor Nero μὴ ὑπεστά[λθί(αι), ““ ποῖ to have prevaricated”’ or ‘‘kept back anything.” See also P Cairo Zen 111. 594124 (iii/B.c.) οὗ ἕνεκεν ὑπεσταλμένοι εἰσίν, where the meaning may be ‘‘ have been concealed ” or “withdrawn” (see the editor’s note), P Tebt I. 2451 (B.c. 117) συνιστοροῦντες τὰ πλήθη τῶν ὑποστελλομένων, ‘ reckoning up together the amounts of what had been concealed” (Edd.), and P Oxy III. 486° (A.p, 131) περὶ trralpxd]ytev τινῶν ἐλογοποιήσατο ὡς ὑποστελλόντων αὐτῷ, ‘invented a claim with regard to certain property of which he said he was defrauded” (Edd.). Add from the inscrr. Sy/Z 246 (= °547)1° (B.C. 211-210) οὔτε κακοπά[θι]αν οὐδεμίαν οὔτε κί[ν]δυνον ὑποστελλόμενος. For the intrans. usage = “‘come under,” ““εϊοησ to,’ ef. P Oxy VIII. 1102'4 (ας A.D. 146) ἄρουραι. . . δοκοῦσιν τῇ συνγραφοδιαθήκῃ μὴ ὑποστέλλειν, ‘‘arourae appear not to come under the testamentary covenant” (Ed.), 7d. XVII. 213118 (A.D. 207) μηδ᾽ ὅλως ὑποστέλλων τῷ [ν]υνὶ ἀμφοδογραμματεῖ, ““Δ4πὶ not at all subject to the present district-scribe” (Ed.), P Gen I. 161° (A.D. 207) (= Chrest. I. p. 4/7) πάντα τὰ ὑποστέλλοντα TH κώμῃ, and PSI III. 187? (iv/A.D.) ἀπὸ τῶν b}roored\Adytwy τῇ δεκαπρωτείᾳ.

ὑποστέλλω (hupostellō) — to withdraw. ὑποστέλλω, draw in, contract, ὑπέστειλ᾽ ἱστίον made him furl his sail, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τὴν οὐράν tuck down the tail, of dogs, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τοῖς δακτύλοις ὑπεσταλμένοις with closed fingers, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. reduce, in passive, to be reduced, ὑποστέλλεται τὸ πλῆθος (i.e. τῆς καθάρσεως) [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; to be limited, τῷ λεχθέντι ἀριθμῷ [Refs 1st c.AD+]

3. draw back for shelter, ὑπὸ βουνόν τινα τοὺς ἱππεῖς [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ὑ. ἑαυτόν shelter oneself behind, τινι or ὑπό τι, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; with ἑαυτόν omitted, [NT+3rd c.AD+]

3. b cover, τᾷδ᾽ ὑπεστάλη κόνει (in a dog's epitaph) [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

4. intransitive, to be reduced in size, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; to be subordinate, οὐδενὶ ἑτέρῳ [Refs 1st c.AD+]

5. draw back, φασὶ τοὺς θορυβώδεις καὶ προυνίκους ὑποστέλλειν αὐτοῦ τῇ παρόδῳ drew back to let him pass, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of troops, ὑπεσταλκότες a little in the rear, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἔχειν ὑπεσταλκότας ταῖς ῥαξὶν τοὺς ὄνυχας have the nails not projecting beyond the finger-tips, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

6. take away, remove, in passive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; to be excepted, [Refs]

7. belong, with dative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τῇ συγγραφοδιαθήκῃ [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τῷ νυνὶ ἀμφοδογραμματεῖ, i.e. fall within his authority, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; to be subjected, ποιναῖς πρός τινος [Refs 6th c.AD+]

II. in middle, place restrictions on oneself or another, reduce diet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with genitive, abstain from, τῆς τροφῆς [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. avoid, χειμῶνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; shrink from, οὐδένα.. κίνδυνον [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τι τῶν ἀγαθῶν πρὸς τὸ μὴ εἶναι αὐτῷ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ μηδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος πρὸς ὕβριν one who has stuck at nothing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.3. shrink before, hold in undue awe, τὴν Δημάδου δύναμιν [LXX+4th c.BC+]; ὑποστείλασθαί τι δεῖ πρὸς τὸν τοιοῦτον ὑμᾶς καὶ αἰσχυνθῆνα; need you hold back.. ? [Refs 4th c.BC+]; draw back, [NT]

II.4. ὑποστέλλεσθαι λόγῳ place restrictions on oneself in speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; without λόγῳ, refrain from saying, οὐ μὴν οἶμαι δεῖν.. ὑποστείλασθαι περὶ ὧν ὑμῖν συμφέρειν ἡγοῦμαι [NT+5th c.BC+]; οὐδὲν or μηδὲν ὑποστειλάμενος with no reserve, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; make reservations, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ τῶν μόσχων,.. οὗ ἕνεκεν ὑπεσταλμένοι εἰσίν uncertain meaning in [Refs 3rd c.BC+]

II.5. ={διαλανθάνω}, delitesco, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]