King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2687
Transliteration: katastellō
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-as-tel'-lo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to keep down
Meaning: to keep down
καταστέλλω: 1 aorist participle καταστείλας; perfect passive participle κατεσταλμενος;
Word 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.