Acts 5:6

Wound him up [σ υ ν ε σ τ ε ι λ α ν]. Better, as Rev., wrapped him round. The verb means to draw together, or draw in; hence used for shortening sail, reducing expenses, lowering or humbling a person. In 1 Corinthians 7:29, it occurs in the phrase, "the time is short (sunestalmenov Rev., properly, shortened);" i e., drawn together, contracted. In the sense of wrapping up it is found in Aristophanes, of wrapping cloaks or garments about one; also of tucking up the garments about the loins, as a preparation for service. In the sense of shrouding for burial, it occurs in Euripides (" Troades, "382) :" They were not shrouded [σ υ ν ε π ε σ τ α λ η σ α ν] by the hands of a wife. " In medical language, of bandaging a limb; of the contraction of tumors, and of organs of the body, etc. Some, however, as Meyer, refer the word here to the pressing together of the dead man's limbs.