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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - συστέλλω
συστέλλω
G4958
Transliteration: systéllō
Pronunciation: soos-tel'-lo
Definition: short
- Original: συστέλλω - Transliteration: Sustello - Phonetic: soos-tel'-lo
- Definition:
1. to place together
a. to draw together, contact
1. to diminish
2. to shorten, abridge
3. the time has been drawn together into a brief compass, is shortened
b. to roll together, wrap up, wrap around with bandages, etc., to enshroud
- Origin: from G4862" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4862 and G4724" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4724 - TDNT entry: 16:56,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G4862" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4862 and G4724" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4724; to send (draw) together that is enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial) contract (an interval): - short wind up.