What does ὑποστολή (hypostolḗ) mean in the Bible?
ὑποστολή (hypostolḗ) is a Greek word meaning "shrinking".
Greek · G5289
ὑποστολή
Shrinking
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ὑποστολή G5289
Pronunciation hypostolḗ
What does ὑποστολή (hypostolḗ) mean in the Bible?
ὑποστολή (hypostolḗ) is a Greek word meaning "shrinking".
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How does the BSB render G5289?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include of [those who] shrink back (1).
Where does ὑποστολή (hypostolḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 10:39. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It of [those who] shrink back 1× Hebrews 10:39
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First aligned row Hebrews 10:39
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Hebrews 1
Source forms
ὑποστολῆς 1x hypostolēs Hebrews 10:39
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Hebrews 10:39
Evidence Summary
Greek word. shrinking
Strong's G5289
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
shrinking
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(ὑποστέλλω),
1a letting down, lowering (Plut.).
2a shrinking back (Hesych.): οὐκ ἐσμὲν ὑποστολῆς (on the genitive, see Bl., § 35, 2), Heb.10:39.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 10:39 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὑποστολῆς upostolhv
a shrinking, drawing back
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Genitive (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 10:39 1×
Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain