◄ 2856. koloboó ►
Lexicon
koloboó: To shorten, to cut short

Original Word: κολοβόω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: koloboó
Pronunciation: ko-lo-BO-o
Phonetic Spelling: (kol-ob-o'-o)
KJV: shorten
NASB: cut short, shortened
Word Origin: [from a derivative of the base of G2849 (κολάζω - punish)]

1. to dock
2. (figuratively) abridge

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
shorten.

From a derivative of the base of kolazo; to dock, i.e. (figuratively) abridge -- shorten.

see GREEK kolazo

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from a derivation of the same as kolazó
Definition
to curtail
NASB Translation
cut short (2), shortened (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2856: κολοβόω

κολοβόω, κολοβω: 1 aorist ἐκολοβωσα; passive, 1 aorist ἐκολοβωθην; 1 future κολοβωθήσομαι; (from κολοβός lopped, mutilated); to cut off (τάς χεῖρας, 2 Samuel 4:12; τούς πόδας, Aristotle, h. a. 1, 1 (p. 487, 24); τήν ῤῖνα, Diodorus 1, 78); to mutilate (Polybius 1, 80, 13); hence in the N. T. of time (Vulg.brevio) to shorten, abridge, curtail: Matthew 24:22; Mark 13:20.

Forms and Transliterations
εκολοβωθησαν εκολοβώθησαν ἐκολοβώθησαν εκολόβωσαν εκολόβωσε εκολοβωσεν ἐκολόβωσεν κολοβωθησονται κολοβωθήσονται κολόκυνθαν κολοκύνθη κολοκύνθης ekolobosen ekolobōsen ekolóbosen ekolóbōsen ekolobothesan ekolobōthēsan ekolobṓthesan ekolobṓthēsan kolobothesontai kolobothḗsontai kolobōthēsontai kolobōthḗsontai
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 24:22 V-AIP-3P
GRK: εἰ μὴ ἐκολοβώθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι
NAS: those days had been cut short, no
KJV: days should be shortened, there
INT: if not had been shortened the days

Matthew 24:22 V-FIP-3P
GRK: τοὺς ἐκλεκτοὺς κολοβωθήσονται αἱ ἡμέραι
NAS: days had been cut short, no life
KJV: those days shall be shortened.
INT: the elect will be shortened the days

Mark 13:20 V-AIA-3S
GRK: εἰ μὴ ἐκολόβωσεν Κύριος τὰς
NAS: the Lord had shortened [those] days,
KJV: that the Lord had shortened those days,
INT: if not had shortened [the] Lord the

Mark 13:20 V-AIA-3S
GRK: οὓς ἐξελέξατο ἐκολόβωσεν τὰς ἡμέρας
NAS: whom He chose, He shortened the days.
KJV: he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
INT: whom he chose he has shortened the days

Strong's Greek 2856
4 Occurrences


ἐκολόβωσεν — 2 Occ.
ἐκολοβώθησαν — 1 Occ.
κολοβωθήσονται — 1 Occ.

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