Shrinking
ὑποστολήStrong’s G5289hupostolē
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Hupostolē is the Greek word usually translated “drawing back”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.”
Meaning
Usually translated “drawing back”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of drawing back 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ὑποστολή hupostolē · shrinking
ὑπο-στολή, -ῆς, ἡ (ὑποστέλλω), 1. a letting down, lowering (Plut.). 2. a shrinking back (Hesych.): οὐκ ἐσμὲν ὑποστολῆς (on the genitive, see Bl., § 35, 2), Heb.10:39.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “shrinking” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SHRINK'ING, participle present
tense Contracting; drawing together; withdrawing from danger; declining to act from fear; causing to contract.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.