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2687 - katastelló

Note Journal Prayer

Strong's Concordance

Original word: καταστέλλω
Transliteration: katastelló
Definition (short): calm
Definition (full): to keep down

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from kata and stelló
Definition: to keep down
NASB Translation: keep calm (1), quieting (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From kata and stello; to put down, i.e. Quell -- appease, quiet.

see GREEK kata

see GREEK stello

References

Strong's 2687: 2 Occurrences
KJV: And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?
NASB: After quieting the crowd, the town clerk said, "Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven?
KJV: Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
NASB: "So, since these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and to do nothing rash.