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verb

Greekστέλλομαι (stellomai)
Biblang

stelomō

Strong’sG4724

I arrange, take care, withdraw from

stem stel-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

στέλλω

[in LXX (mid.): Ma 2:5 (חתת ni.), Pr 31:24 (26), Wi 7:14 14:1, II Mac 5:1, III Mac 1:19 4:11 *;]

1. prop., to set, place, arrange, fit out; hence, mid., to set oneself for, prepare (Wi, II Mac, ll. c.).
2. to bring together, gather up (in Hom. of furling sails), hence to restrain, check; mid., to restrain or withdraw oneself, hold aloof, avoid: II Co 8:20; seq. ἀπό, II Th 3:6
(cf. ἀπο-, ἐξ-απο-, συν-απο-, δια-, ἐπι-, κατα-, συ(ν)-, ὑπο-στέλλω).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4724 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidstel'-lo

properly, to set fast ("stall"), i.e. (figuratively) to repress (reflexively, abstain from associating with)

Fromprobably strengthened from the base of G2476;

King Jamesavoid, withdraw self.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
στέλλω,
Refs 8th c.BC+: future στελῶ Refs 5th c.BC+, Epic dialect στελέω Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist ἔστειλα Refs 5th c.BC+, Epic dialect στεῖλα Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect ἔσταλκα Refs 5th c.BC+: pluperfect ἐστάλκει Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Refs 8th c.BC+: future στελοῦμαι Refs 3rd c.BC+: aorist ἐστειλάμην, Epic dialect στειλ-, Refs 8th c.BC+, etc.:—passive, future στᾰλήσομαι Refs 4th c.BC+aorist ἐστάλθην (in compound ἀποσταλθέντες) Refs 8th c.BC+; more frequently ἐστάλην [ᾰ], Refs 5th c.BC+: perfect ἔσταλμαι Refs 5th c.BC+: pluperfect ἐστάλμην Refs 2nd c.AD+, 3rd.pers. plural ἐστάλατο Refs 8th c.BC+; ἐσταλάδατο and ἐστελάδατο uncertain linesin Refs 5th c.BC+:—make ready, οὓς ἑτάρους στέλλοντα καὶ ὀτρύνοντα μάχεσθαι Refs 8th c.BC+; νῆα σ. rig or fit her out, Refs 8th c.BC+, fit out an armament, get it ready, Refs 5th c.BC+ furnish with, array in, a garment, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. ἕλκος dress it, Refs 5th c.BC+; bury, ἐνὶ γαίῃ σ. Refs 3rd c.BC+ —middle, στεῖλαί νυν ἀμφὶ χρωτὶ.. πέπλους put on robes, Refs 5th c.BC+ having dressed themselves in.. , Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, fit oneself out, get ready, ἄλλοι δὲ στέλλεσθε do you others prepare (to compete in the games), Refs 8th c.BC+: followed by a preposition, ἐσταλμένος ἐπὶ πόλεμον Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐς ἄγραν, ἐπ᾽ ἄγρην, Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive, ἐστέλλετο ἀπιέναι he prepared to go, Refs 5th c.BC+
II dispatch, send, ἐς οἶκον πάλιν Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle and passive, set out, or (especially in aorist 2 passive) journey, Refs 5th c.BC+: with accusative cognate, ὁδὸν στέλλεσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ γῆν (variant{γῆς}) Refs 5th c.BC+begone! Refs 5th c.BC+; of things, to be sent, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 active intransitive in sense of the passive (in Refs 5th c.BC+, prepare to go, start, set forth, ἔστελλε ἐς ἀποικίην Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 middle, set out upon a task, στέλλεσθαι πρός τι Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸ δὴ τοῦτο στελλώμεθ; Refs 5th c.BC+
III summon, fetch, bring a person to a place, Refs 5th c.BC+; [ἐμπορίαν] Refs 5th c.BC+ —middle, σ᾽ ἂν οἴκους τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἐστειλάμην I would have sent for thee.., Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, Refs
III.b ἡ ὁδὸς εἰς Κόρινθον στέλλει leads to Corinth, Refs 2nd c.AD+
IV gather up, make compact, especially as a nautical term, furl, take in, ἱστία.. στεῖλαν Refs 8th c.BC+:—middle, ἱστία μὲν στείλαντο Refs 8th c.BC+; so ἐπιστολάδην δὲ χιτῶνας ἐστάλατο they girded up, tucked up their clothes to work, Refs 8th c.BC+
IV.2 check, Refs 4th c.BC+; repress, Refs 1st c.AD+:—middle, Refs 2nd c.BC+; λόγον στειλώμεθα draw in, shorten our words, i.e. not speak out the whole truth, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. τὸ συμβεβηκός hush it up, Refs 2nd c.BC+; πρόσωπον στέλλεσθαι draw up one's face, look rueful, Refs 5th c.BC+
IV.3 in Medicine texts, bind, make costive, τὰ στέλλοντα astringents, opposed to τὰ καθαίροντα, Refs 2nd c.AD+ —passive, φλέβες στέλλονται shrink up, Refs 2nd c.BC+
IV.4 middle, restrict one's diet, οὔτ᾽ ἂν ἀπόσχοιντο ὧν ἐπιθυμέουσιν, οὔτε στείλαιντο (variant{ὑποστ-}) Refs 5th c.BC+; στελλόμενοι τοῦτο avoiding this, NT; probably I.-Refs 5th c.BC+ sq[uglide]el-. but not found in cognate languages; I.-Refs 5th c.BC+ st(h)el- is probably found in OSlavonic st[icaron]lati 'spread out', Latin lātus (from *stlātus) 'broad', with which στέλλω may be cognate)

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

avoid1×keep away1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
stelorōστέλλεσθαιhappening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitivekeep away1×
stelorōntoisστελλόμενοιhappening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculineavoid1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfecthas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularstelomōstelomestelomēstelomelē
you 2nd person singularstelosōstelosestelosēsteloselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularstelotōstelotestelotēstelotelē
we 1st person pluralstelonōstelonestelonēstelonelē
ye 2nd person pluralstelovōstelovestelovēstelovelē
they 3rd person pluralstelolōstelolestelolēstelolelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
I 1st person singularstelomeiōstelomeiē
you 2nd person singularsteloseiōsteloseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularsteloteiōsteloteiē
we 1st person pluralsteloneiōsteloneiē
ye 2nd person pluralsteloveiōsteloveiē
they 3rd person pluralsteloleiōsteloleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularstelosōrstelosēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularstelotōrstelotēr
ye 2nd person pluralstelovōrstelovēr
they 3rd person pluralstelolōrstelolēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now present
I 1st person singularstelomoiō
you 2nd person singularstelosoiō
he/she/it 3rd person singularstelotoiō
we 1st person pluralstelonoiō
ye 2nd person pluralstelovoiō
they 3rd person pluralsteloloiō
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicestelorō1×στέλλεσθαιstelorē
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voicestelorōntos1×stelorēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
stelstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

stel is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

stelorō“keep away”happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitive1×

2 Thessalonians 3:6… onome tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou stelorō vin apo pantou adelfou ataktōs peripatarōntou …… of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who leads an …

stelorōntois“avoid”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine1×

2 Corinthians 8:20stelorōntois houtem mē tinos nin mōmeteia en …We want to avoid any criticism of the way we …