ὑποστέλλω (hupostέllō) — to hold back from / to shrink from / to avoid

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ὑποστέλλω; aor.midd.; ὑπεστειλάμην; ὑποστέλλω; subj.3sg.; ὑποστείληται

Related lemmas: στέλλομαι

Sense 1: to hold back from, to shrink from, to avoid

Semantic entry: 13.160

Semantic domains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

Subdomains: Happen

Definition: to hold oneself back from doing something, with the implication of some fearful concern

Notes: For another interpretation of ὑποστέλλω in OET ACT 20:27, see 68.53: ὑποστέλλω / 68.53: ὑποστολή.

Show passage in OET: ACT 20:20

OET-RV ACT 20:20

20 But I didn’t shrink back from teaching you everything that would help you, whether I was teaching in public or in individual homes.

OET-LV ACT 20:20

20 how I _shrunk _back nothing of _the_ benefitting _things which to_ not _declare to _you _all, and to _teach you _all with _publicly and in all homes,

Show passage in OET: ACT 20:27

OET-RV ACT 20:27

27 because I didn’t avoid telling you anything that I had from God.

OET-LV ACT 20:27

27 for/because I_ not _shrunk _back which to_ not _declare all the counsel of_ the _god to _you _all.

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Sense 2: to cease, to stop, to give up doing

Semantic entry: 68.53

Semantic domains: Aspect

Subdomains: Cease, Stop

Definition: to cease doing something of presumed positive value because of adverse circumstances or fear

Notes: It is also possible to translate this clause in OET GAL 2:12 as ‘he withdrew and separated himself.’ For another interpretation of ὑποστέλλω in OET ACT 20:27, see 13.160: ὑποστέλλω.

Show passage in OET: ACT 20:27

OET-RV ACT 20:27

27 because I didn’t avoid telling you anything that I had from God.

OET-LV ACT 20:27

27 for/because I_ not _shrunk _back which to_ not _declare all the counsel of_ the _god to _you _all.

Show passage in OET: GAL 2:12

OET-RV GAL 2:12

12 He’d been eating with non-Jews, but when Ya’akov (Jacob) and his companions arrived, he about-faced and started eating separately, because he was afraid of being criticised by the strict Yehudim (Jews).

OET-LV GAL 2:12

12 For/Because before the time some to _come from Yakōbos, he _was _eating _with with the pagans, but when they _came, he _was _shrinking _back and was _setting_ himself _apart, fearing the ones of the_circumcision.

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All 3 recorded passages for this sense

ACT: OET ACT 20:27

GAL: OET GAL 2:12

HEB: OET HEB 10:38

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament