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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 5289. ὑποστολή (hupostolé) -- Withdrawal, shrinking back, hesitation</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/5289.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/ephesians/3-6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/5289.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 5289</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/5288.htm" title="5288">◄</a> 5289. hupostolé <a href="../greek/5290.htm" title="5290">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">hupostolé: Withdrawal, shrinking back, hesitation</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ὑποστολή</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Feminine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>hupostolé<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>hoo-pos-tol-AY<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(hoop-os-tol-ay')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Withdrawal, shrinking back, hesitation<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a shrinking, drawing back.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek verb ὑποστέλλω (hupostellō), meaning "to draw back" or "to shrink from."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "hupostolé," the concept of shrinking back or retreating can be related to Hebrew terms like יָרֵא (yare, Strong's 3372), meaning "to fear," which can imply a retreat due to fear.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "hupostolé" refers to the act of withdrawing or shrinking back, often implying a lack of confidence or courage. In the New Testament, it is used to describe a retreat or a failure to stand firm in one's convictions or duties.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, courage and steadfastness were highly valued virtues, especially in the context of public life and military service. The concept of "hupostolé" would have been understood as a negative trait, associated with cowardice or a lack of resolve. In the early Christian context, where believers faced persecution and societal pressure, the call to avoid "hupostolé" was a call to remain steadfast in faith and witness.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 5289</b> <i>hypostolḗ</i> – properly, "draw down (under)," i.e. shrink (draw) back in <i>apostasy</i>; <i>backwards</i> movement (spiritually). <a href="/greek/5288.htm">See 5288</a> (<i>hypostellō</i>). </p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/5288.htm">hupostelló</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a letting down, a shrinking back<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>shrink back (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 5289: ὑποστολή</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ὑποστολή</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ὑποστολῆς</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (<span class="greek2">ὑποστέλλω</span>, which see), properly, <span class="accented">a withdrawing</span> (<span class="manuref">Vulg.</span><span class="latin">subtractio</span>) (in a good sense, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, anim. an corp. aff. sint pej. § 3 under the end); <span class="accented">the timidity of one stealthily retreating</span>: <span class="greek2">οὐκ</span> <span class="greek2">ἐσμεν</span> <span class="greek2">ὑποστολῆς</span> (see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">εἰμί</span></span> IV. 1 g.), we have no part in shrinking back etc., we are free from the cowardice of etc. (<span class="abbreviation">R. V.</span> <span class="accented">we are not of them that shrink back</span> etc.), <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-39.htm">Hebrews 10:39</a> (<span class="greek2">λάθρᾳ</span> <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">πολλά</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">μεθ'</span> <span class="greek2">ὑποστολῆς</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκακουργησεν</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">b. j.</span> 2, 14, 2; <span class="greek2">ὑποστολην</span> <span class="greek2">ποιοῦνται</span>, Antiquities 16, 4, 3).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>draw back. <p>From <a href="/greek/5288.htm">hupostello</a>; shrinkage (timidity), i.e. (by implication) apostasy -- draw back. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5288.htm">hupostello</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>υποστολης υποστολής ὑποστολῆς hypostoles hypostolês hypostolēs hypostolē̂s upostoles upostolēs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/hebrews/10-39.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 10:39</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular">N-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οὐκ ἐσμὲν <b>ὑποστολῆς</b> εἰς ἀπώλειαν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">But we are not of those who shrink back</span> to destruction,<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> not <span class="itali">of them who draw back</span> unto<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-39.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> not are <span class="itali">of [those] drawing back</span> to destruction<p><b><a href="/greek/5289.htm">Strong's Greek 5289</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5289.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/upostole_s_5289.htm">ὑποστολῆς — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/5288.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5288"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5288" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/5290.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5290"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5290" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>