Quick Definition
I shorten, swathe
Strong's Definition
to send (draw) together, i.e. enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial), contract (an interval)
Derivation: from G4862 (σύν) and G4724 (στέλλω);
KJV Usage: short, wind up
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συστέλλω: 1 aorist συνέστειλα; perfect passive participle συνεσταλμένος; properly, to place together;
a. to draw together, contact (τά ἱστία, Aristophanes ran. 999; τήν χεῖρα, Sir_4:31; εἰς ὀλίγον συστέλλω, Theophrastus, de caus. plant. 1, 15, 1); to diminish (τήν δίαιταν, Isocrates, p. 280 d.; Dio Cassius, 39, 37); to shorten, abridge, passive, ὁ καιρός συνεσταλμένος ἐστιν, the time has been drawn together into a brief compass, is shortened, 1Co_7:29.
b. to roll together, wrap up, wrap round with bandages, etc., to enshroud (τινα πεπλοις, Euripides, Troad. 378): τινα, i. e. his corpse (for burial), Act_5:6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συστέλλω systellō 2x
to draw together, contract, straiten; to enwrap; hence, i.q. περιστέλλω , to lay out, prepare for burial, Act_5:6 ;
pass. to be shortened, 1Co_7:29
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
συν -στέλλω
( Rec. συσ -),
[in LXX : Jdg_8:28 ; Jdg_11:33 ( H3665 ni .), Sir_4:31 , al. ;]
1. to draw together, contract, shorten: of time, 1Co_7:29 .
2. to wrap up: of enshrouding a body for burial ( Eur .), c . acc , Act_5:6 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συνστέλλω (~ συστέλλω ) [page 612]
συνστέλλω , which is used of time, draw together, shorten in 1Co_7:29 , is applied to the curtailing of expenses in P Amh II. 70 ( a ) .3 ( c . A.D. 115) κελεύσαντος συσταλῆναι τὰ πολλὰ τῶν ἀν̣α̣λωμάτων τῆ [ς γυ ]μνασιαρχίας , P Ryl II. 225 .45 (ii/iii A.D.) δαπανῶν συσταλ (εισῶν ) (δραχμαὶ ) γ̄ , and Syll 730 (= .3 1102) .11 (B.C. 175 4) ἵνα συνσταλῶσιν αἱ λίαν ἄκαιροι δαπάναι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
συστέλλω fut. -στελῶ perf. -έσταλκα "to draw together, draw in: to shorten sail" (sub. τὰ ἱστία), Ar. : "to draw" soldiers "into" a fort, Plut. "to contract, reduce", Plat. , Dem. :—Pass. "to cower together", Eur. ; ξυστέλλεσθαι ἐς εὐτέλειαν "to retrench", Thuc. metaph. "to lower, humble, abase", Isocr. :—Pass., Eur. Pass., also, "to be wrapped up, shrouded", id=Eur. ; aor2 part. συσταλείς, "tucked up, ready for action", Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
συν-στέλλω
(Rec. συσ-), [in LXX: Jdg.8:28 11:33 (כָּנַע ni.), Sir.4:31, al. ;]
__1. to draw together, contract, shorten: of time, 1Co.7:29.
__2. to wrap up: of enshrouding a body for burial (Eur.), with accusative, Act.5:6.†
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