Lexical Summary katastellō: to keep down Original Word: καταστέλλωTransliteration: katastellō Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as-tel'-lo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to keep down Meaning: to keep down Strong's Concordance appease, quiet. From kata and stello; to put down, i.e. Quell -- appease, quiet. see GREEK kata see GREEK stello Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2687: καταστέλλωκαταστέλλω: 1 aorist participle καταστείλας; perfect passive participle κατεσταλμενος; a. properly, to send or put down, to lower. b. to put or keep down one who is roused or incensed, to repress, restrain, appease, quiet: τινα, Acts 19:35; 3Macc. 6:1; Josephus, Antiquities 20, 8, 7; b. j. 4, 4, 4; Plutarch, mor., p. 207 e. |