STRONGS G4958:
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, 1 Corinthians 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),
Acts 5:6.
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5:6
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7:29