στέλλω
stéllō
“properly, to set fast ("stall"), i.e. (figuratively) to repress (reflexively, abstain from associating with)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
properly, to set fast ("stall"), i.e. (figuratively) to repress (reflexively, abstain from associating with)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
pr. to place in set order, to arrange; to equip; to despatch; to stow; mid. to contract one’s self, to shrink; to withdraw from, avoid, shun, 2 Cor. 8:20; 2 Thess. 3:6*
Translated in KJV as
avoidwithdraw self
Etymology
probably strengthened from the base of G2476 (ἵστημι);
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