συστέλλω
systéllō
“to send (draw) together, i.e. enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial), contract (an interval)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to send (draw) together, i.e. enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial), contract (an interval)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to draw together, contract, straiten; to enwrap; hence, i.q. περιστέλλω, to lay out, prepare for burial, Acts 5:6; pass. to be shortened, 1 Cor. 7:29*
Translated in KJV as
shortwind up
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