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STRONGS NUMBER G5289
Transliteration: hypostolē
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-os-tol-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a letting down, a shrinking back
Meaning: a letting down, a shrinking back
ὑποστολή, ὑποστολῆς, ἡ (ὑποστέλλω, which see), properly, a withdrawing (Vulg.subtractio) (in a good sense, Plutarch, anim. an corp. aff. sint pej. § 3 under the end); the timidity of one stealthily retreating: οὐκ ἐσμεν ὑποστολῆς (see εἰμί IV. 1 g.), we have no part in shrinking back etc., we are free from the cowardice of etc. (R. V. we are not of them that shrink back etc.), Hebrews 10:39 (λάθρᾳ τά πολλά καί μεθ' ὑποστολῆς ἐκακουργησεν, Josephus, b. j. 2, 14, 2; ὑποστολην ποιοῦνται, Antiquities 16, 4, 3).
Word Summary
hypostolē: a letting down, a shrinking back
Original Word: ὑποστολήTransliteration: hypostolē
Phonetic Spelling: (hoop-os-tol-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a letting down, a shrinking back
Meaning: a letting down, a shrinking back
Strong's Concordance
draw back. From hupostello; shrinkage (timidity), i.e. (by implication) apostasy -- draw back.
see GREEK hupostello
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5289: ὑποστολήὑποστολή, ὑποστολῆς, ἡ (ὑποστέλλω, which see), properly, a withdrawing (Vulg.subtractio) (in a good sense, Plutarch, anim. an corp. aff. sint pej. § 3 under the end); the timidity of one stealthily retreating: οὐκ ἐσμεν ὑποστολῆς (see εἰμί IV. 1 g.), we have no part in shrinking back etc., we are free from the cowardice of etc. (R. V. we are not of them that shrink back etc.), Hebrews 10:39 (λάθρᾳ τά πολλά καί μεθ' ὑποστολῆς ἐκακουργησεν, Josephus, b. j. 2, 14, 2; ὑποστολην ποιοῦνται, Antiquities 16, 4, 3).