Strong’s G5288 · Greek
ὑποστέλλω
hypostéllō · hoop-os-tel'-lo
Origin from ὑπό (G5259) and στέλλω (G4724);
Meaning to withhold under (out of sight), i.e. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve)
In the King James Version draw (keep) back, shun, withdraw.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 20:20And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
- Acts 20:27For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
- Galatians 2:12For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
- Hebrews 10:38Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.