Lexical Summary koloboō: to curtail Original Word: κολοβόωTransliteration: koloboō Phonetic Spelling: (kol-ob-o'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to curtail Meaning: to curtail Strong's Concordance shorten. From a derivative of the base of kolazo; to dock, i.e. (figuratively) abridge -- shorten. see GREEK kolazo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2856: κολοβόωκολοβόω, 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. |
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