στέλλω

στέλλω

[in LXX (mid.): Mal 2,5 (חָתַת ni.), Ord 31,24 (26), Wis 7,14; 14,1, 2Ma 5,1, 3Ma 1,19 3Mac 4,11 * ;]

1. prop., to set, place, arrange, fit out; hence, mid., to set oneself for, prepare (Wis, xi Mac, ll. with).

2. to bring together, gather up (in Hom. of furling sails), hence to restrain, check; mid., to restrain or withdraw oneself, hold aloof, avoid: 2 Kor 8,20 before ἀπό, 2 Thess 3,6

(cf. ἀπο-, ἐξ-απο-, συν-απο-, δια-, ἐπι-, κατα-, συ(ν)-, ὑπο-στέλλω).†