Definition

to withhold under (out of sight), i.e. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve)

Etymology

from G5259 (ὑπό) and G4724 (στέλλω);

Where the KJV renders it

• draw (keep) back
• shun
• withdraw

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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