Hypostello means “shun” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5288 — naar (“boy”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5288 ὑποστέλλω (hupostello) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. hupostello (hoop-os-tel'-lo) v. 1. to withhold under (out of sight) 2. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve) It has 10 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include draw. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
hupostello (hoop-os-tel'-lo) v. 1. to withhold under (out of sight) 2. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve) [from G5259 and G4724] KJV: draw (keep) back, shun, withdraw Root(s): G5259, G4724
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5288. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to withdraw
Usage: ὑπο-στέλλω [in LXX: Deu.1:17 (גּוּר), Job.13:8 (נָשָׂא פָּנִים), Hab.2:4 (עָפַל pu.), Hag.1:10 (כָּלָא), Exo.23:21, Wis.6:7, 3Ma.5:28 * ;] __1. to draw in, let down (ἱστίον, οὐράν, etc.). __2. to draw back, withdraw: ἑαυτόν, Gal.2:12 (Polyb., al.; see Lft., in l). Mid., to shrink or draw back: Heb.10:38 (LXX); before τοῦ, with inf., Act.20:27; οὐδέν, Act.20:20.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render hupostello, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G5288 (ὑποστέλλω) appears 6 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house,
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
5 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Take heed to thyself and hearken to him, and disobey him not; for he will not give way to thee, for my name is on him.
Thou shalt not have respect to persons in judgment, thou shalt judge small and great equally; thou shalt not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God’s; and whatsoever matter shall be too hard for you, ye shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.
Or will ye draw back? Nay, do ye yourselves be judges.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
For he which is Lord over all shall fear no man’s person, Neither shall he stand in awe of any man’s greatness: For he hath made the small and great, And careth for all alike.
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5288.
Take heed to thyself and hearken to him, and disobey him not; for he will not give way to thee, for my name is on him.
Thou shalt not have respect to persons in judgment, thou shalt judge small and great equally; thou shalt not shrink from before the person of a man, for the judgment is God’s; and whatsoever matter shall be too hard for you, ye shall bring it to me, and I will hear it.
Or will ye draw back? Nay, do ye yourselves be judges.
If he should draw back, my soul has no pleasure in him: but the just shall live by my faith.
therefore shall the sky withhold dew, and the earth shall keep back her produce.
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house,
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
For he which is Lord over all shall fear no man’s person, Neither shall he stand in awe of any man’s greatness: For he hath made the small and great, And careth for all alike.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5288, grouped by book.
Hypostello (Strong's G5288) is a Greek word most simply glossed "shun". hupostello (hoop-os-tel'-lo) v. 1. to withhold under (out of sight) 2. (reflexively) to cower or shrink, (figuratively) to conceal (reserve)
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G5288 across 9 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5288 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as draw. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 5 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5288, with linked reader references where each row is available.