The Koine Bible

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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

συστέλλω

Lemmaσυστέλλω
Citation formσυστέλλω
Part of speechverb
GlossI shorten, swathe
Strong’sG4958
Transliterationsystéllō
Definitionto send (draw) together, i.e. enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial), contract (an interval)
KJV glosses:-- short, wind up.
Derivationfrom and
SBLGNT occurrences2

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
συνεσταλμένος
verb, perfect, passive, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -XPPNSM-)1 Corinthians 7:29
συνέστειλαν
verb, third person, aorist, active, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3AAI-P--)Acts 5:6

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: συστελλω.