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