στέλλω
[in LXX (mid.): Mal.2:5 (חָתַת ni.), Pro.31:24 (26), Wis.7:14 14:1, 2Ma.5:1, 3Ma.1:19 3Mac 4:11 * ;]
__1. prop., to set, place, arrange, fit out; hence, mid., to set oneself for, prepare (Wis, xi Mac, ll. with).
__2. to bring together, gather up (in Hom. of furling sails), hence to restrain, check; mid., to restrain or withdraw oneself, hold aloof, avoid: 2Co.8:20; before ἀπό, 2Th.3:6
(cf. ἀπο-, ἐξ-απο-, συν-απο-, δια-, ἐπι-, κατα-, συ(ν)-, ὑπο-στέλλω).†
(AS)