Word study · Greek

stéllomai

withdraw

Say it: STEL-lo-my (approximate)

στέλλω

What it means

To avoid, to keep away from, to shrink back. In 3:6, "that you withdraw yourselves from every brother who walks in idleness." In 2 Corinthians 8:20, it is "avoiding." It is used of furling a sail.

Range of meaning

  • AvoidKeep away from.
  • WithdrawPull back.

In 2 Thessalonians

  • Chapter 3

    "That you withdraw yourselves from every brother" (3:6).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G4724 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources