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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: 5288. ὑποστέλλω (hupostelló) -- To draw back, to withdraw, to shrink from declaring.</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/5288.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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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/mark/14-44.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/5288.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> > 5288</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/5287.htm" title="5287">◄</a> 5288. hupostelló <a href="../greek/5289.htm" title="5289">►</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">hupostelló: To draw back, to withdraw, to shrink from declaring.</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ὑποστέλλω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>hupostelló<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>hoo-pos-tel'-lo<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(hoop-os-tel'-lo)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To draw back, to withdraw, to shrink from declaring.<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I withdraw, draw back, keep back, shun, conceal.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek words ὑπό (hypo, meaning "under") and στέλλω (stelló, meaning "to send" or "to set").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "hupostelló," the concept of drawing back or withholding can be seen in Hebrew words like סוּג (sug, Strong's H5472), which means to turn back or retreat.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "hupostelló" primarily means to draw back or to withhold. In the New Testament, it is often used in the context of refraining from declaring or acting fully, sometimes due to fear or reluctance. It conveys the idea of holding back or not fully committing to a course of action or speech.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "hupostelló" would have been understood in various contexts, such as military, where a soldier might withdraw from battle, or in rhetoric, where a speaker might hold back from fully expressing their thoughts. In the early Christian context, this term takes on a significant meaning as it relates to the boldness required to proclaim the Gospel amidst persecution and opposition.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>5288</b> <i>hypostéllō</i> (from <a href="/greek/5259.htm">5259</a> <i>/hypó</i>, "under" and <a href="/greek/4724.htm">4724</a> <i>/stéllō</i>, "draw in") – properly, draw under, pulling back to <i>retreat</i> (go backwards); withdraw (shrink from); shun; "back off," especially due to compromise.</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/5259.htm">hupo</a> and <a href="/greek/4724.htm">stelló</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to draw in, let down, draw back<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>shrink (2), shrinks back (1), withdraw (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 5288: ὑποστέλλω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ὑποστέλλω</span></span>: imperfect <span class="greek2">ὑπεστελλον</span>; 1 aorist middle <span class="greek2">ὑπεστειλάμην</span>; <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> Active, <span class="accented">to draw down, let down, lower</span>: <span class="greek2">ἱστίον</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Pindar</span> Isthm. 2, 59; to withdraw (<span class="accented">draw back</span>): <span class="greek2">ἐμαυτόν</span>, of a timid person, <a href="/interlinear/galatians/2-12.htm">Galatians 2:12</a> ((cf. <span class="abbreviation">Lightfoot</span> at the passage); often so in <span class="abbreviation">Polybius</span>). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> Middle, <span class="accented">to withdraw oneself, i. e. to be timid, to cower, shrink</span>: of those who from timidity hesitate to avow what they believe, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-38.htm">Hebrews 10:38</a> (from <a href="/interlinear/habakkuk/2-4.htm">Habakkuk 2:4</a> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 523 (487))); to be unwilling to utter from fear, to shrink from declaring, <span class="accented">to conceal, dissemble</span>: followed by <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> with the infinitive (<span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>s Grammar, 325 (305); <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 270 (232)), <a href="/interlinear/acts/20-27.htm">Acts 20:27</a>; <span class="greek2">οὐδέν</span>, ibid. 20 (often so in <span class="abbreviation">Demosthenes</span>; cf. Reiske, Index graecit. <span class="abbreviation">Demosthenes</span>, p. 774f; <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Vita §54; <span class="abbreviation">b. j.</span> 1, 20, 1).<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, shun, withdraw. <p>From <a href="/greek/5259.htm">hupo</a> and <a href="/greek/4724.htm">stello</a>; to withhold under (out of sight), i.e. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve) -- draw (keep) back, shun, withdraw. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/5259.htm">hupo</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4724.htm">stello</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>υπεστειλαμην υπεστειλάμην ὑπεστειλάμην υπέστελλε υπεστελλεν ὑπέστελλεν υποστείλη υποστειληται υποστείληται υποστείληταί ὑποστείληται υποστελείσθε υποστελείται υπόστημα υποστήματι υποστηρίγματα υποστηριγμάτων υποστηρίζει hypesteilamen hypesteilamēn hypesteilámen hypesteilámēn hypestellen hypéstellen hyposteiletai hyposteilētai hyposteíletai hyposteílētai upesteilamen upesteilamēn upestellen uposteiletai uposteilētai<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/acts/20-20.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 20:20</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular">V-AIM-1S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὡς οὐδὲν <b>ὑπεστειλάμην</b> τῶν συμφερόντων</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> how <span class="itali">I did not shrink</span> from declaring<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [And] how <span class="itali">I kept back</span> nothing<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/20-20.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> how nothing <span class="itali">I kept back</span> of what is profitable<p><b><a href="/text/acts/20-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 20:27</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular">V-AIM-1S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">οὐ γὰρ <b>ὑπεστειλάμην</b> τοῦ μὴ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">For I did not shrink</span> from declaring<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> I have not <span class="itali">shunned</span> to declare unto you<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/20-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> not indeed <span class="itali">I kept back</span> not<p><b><a href="/text/galatians/2-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Galatians 2:12</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-IIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">δὲ ἦλθον <b>ὑπέστελλεν</b> καὶ ἀφώριζεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/galatians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> they came, <span class="itali">he [began] to withdraw</span> and hold<br><a href="/kjvs/galatians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they were come, <span class="itali">he withdrew</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/galatians/2-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> moreover they came <span class="itali">he was drawing back</span> and was separating<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/10-38.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 10:38</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 3rd Person Singular">V-ASM-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἐὰν <b>ὑποστείληται</b> οὐκ εὐδοκεῖ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/10.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> AND IF <span class="itali">HE SHRINKS BACK,</span> MY SOUL<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/10.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but if <span class="itali">[any man] draw back,</span> my soul<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/10-38.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and if <span class="itali">he draw back</span> not delights<p><b><a href="/greek/5288.htm">Strong's Greek 5288</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_5288.htm">4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/upesteilame_n_5288.htm">ὑπεστειλάμην — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/upestellen_5288.htm">ὑπέστελλεν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/uposteile_tai_5288.htm">ὑποστείληται — 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/5287.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5287"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5287" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/5289.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5289"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5289" /></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>