- Original: συστέλλω - Transliteration: Sustello - Phonetic: soos-tel'-lo - Definition: 1. to place together a. to draw together, contact 1. to diminish 2. to shorten, abridge 3. the time has been drawn together into a brief compass, is shortened b. to roll together, wrap up, wrap around with bandages, etc., to enshroud - Origin: from G4862 and G4724 - TDNT entry: 16:56,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From G4862 and G4724 ; to send (draw) together that is enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial) contract (an interval): - short wind up. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • short, 1 1 Corinthians 7:29 • up, 1 Act 5:6